TV Station in Tunisia Fined for Broadcasting Animated Film ‘Persepolis’

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Sabri Ben-Achour about a court ruling Thursday in Tunisia against the head of a TV station that broadcast the animated film “Persepolis.”

The TV executive was fined for threatening public morals.

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