"It Was Hell": How Kharkiv Native Artemy Surin Escaped the Grasp of Iranian Intelligence

Collage by Olena Zelenina.

"I sat in a prison of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran. That is why I look at the news about the 'imminent fall of the regime' a bit differently," says famous traveler and Kharkiv native Artemy Surin, commenting on today's events in the Middle East.