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Republic tries to close the case in a sham trial. we need condemnation from the free world. we need reaction. we know that the families of iran, they wont be silent against this kind of sham trial. >> do you expect iran, babak, to go back to anything like it was three months ago? >> no. i think this is historic, the leadership of the iranian women handy iranian youth is inspiring to the world. i dont think that this is going to fizzle out as some may say. the iranian people have had it with this...

Negotiation. it is a multidimensional endeavor that human rights and justice and democratic values play as important of a role in the process as negotiations out of its expediency. i hope that ukraine and russia will be a good example for the world to understand how to deal with iran and the islamic public of iran and its oligarchs. >> hamed esmaeilion, thank you so much. babak payami, thank you as well. congratulations for your film being up for oscar nominations the documentary is called 752 i...

S my homeland. i still love it. i dont blame the country for it. i blame the regime. i blame the government who runs that. >> in my opinion, the people of iran, they have been very, very sympathetic to us the whole three years, the first three days. they went to the street and they chanted against the islamic regime. even now, justice is not just for -- ps 752 his part of the movement and this revolution that is happening. this is the chain of the crimes that they have committed. those are for t...

You have to stay low profile. that is why i couldnt attend the memorials. it was a big fight to repatriate the remains. >> this might be a naive question, but how have you been able to survive? how have you been able to turn the tragedy for yourself into a fight for justice, to wake up every day, put your shoes on, work on this documentary having lost your wife and daughter? what drives you right now? >> i think after i realized what we have gone through after three years, you have to say that y...

All. it has continued to block a full investigation amongst the victims. the wife and nine-year-old daughter of iranian canadian dentist hamed esmaeilion. a new documentary, 752 is not a number, chronicles his quest for answers. >> where is my daughter? she was supposed to be at the school in grade five are now. shes in a cemetery. i want to know what happened to my wife and my daughter. >> the site of the disaster, the evidence in iran, no one outside of iran has any direct access. >> [speaking...

The borders, i said, okay, they are safe. that was just automatic. it was unreal. one hour later, i found eight missed calls. >> you started to figure out what happened? >> i realized what had happened. >> babak, the the film is incredible. so much about it is hamed seeking justice. why did you want to make this film? >> i did not set out to make a documentary. when this happened, everyone in the community got caught up in the story. i was called by some mutual friends. they told me that hamed i...