Thomas Kaplan

A black and white photo of a cheetah with mountainous terrain behind

They wanted to save endangered cheetahs in Iran. Their work landed them in jail.

A group of Iranian environmentalists started an NGO to research and save critically endangered Asiatic cheetahs. But the Iranian government has accused them of spying for the US and Israel.

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