{"id":73101,"date":"2020-11-13T12:19:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/11\/13\/new-film-depicts-struggles-of-iranian-activist-nasrin-sotoudeh\/"},"modified":"2020-11-13T12:19:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:19:12","slug":"new-film-depicts-struggles-of-iranian-activist-nasrin-sotoudeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/new-film-depicts-struggles-of-iranian-activist-nasrin-sotoudeh\/","title":{"rendered":"New film depicts struggles of Iranian activist Nasrin Sotoudeh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k7O4TqBc65fUGuwrtWj\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasrin Sotoudeh is a women&#8217;s rights attorney and winner of the prestigious Sakharov Prize. 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