What Mehdi Mahmoudian Saw Inside the Iranian Prison System
The New Yorker
by Cora EngelbrechtMarch 1, 2026
Cora Engelbrecht interviews Mehdi Mahmoudian, the activist and the co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident,” about the true stories behind the film and the war between the U.S. and Iran.
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Originally published on The New Yorker on 3/1/2026