Iranian TV journalist is forced to flee the country after being sexually harassed by her boss

After quitting the channel last week, Sheena Shirani, 32, shared a voice recording of news director Hamid Reza Emadi online, in which he begs her to 'satisfy him', and a photo he sent her of himself captioned 'Sexy Boss'.

She also gave an interview in which she described how her male studio manager, Payam Afshar encouraged other employees to report the divorced single mother - a status that carries social stigma in Iran - for being late or wearing high heels.

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The row erupted last week when Sheena, who has been forced to leave Iran, announced that she was resigning from the channel in a Facebook post stating: 'I can no longer work for an organisation I don't believe in.'

She then posted two images of herself wearing a headscarf, saying: 'Since this wasn't good enough, and neither was this.' A third photo showed her presenting on TV with her head covered, wearing a long tunic top and trousers.

'I was slut shamed for this,' she explained. 'I'm sure my good colleagues remember. I was fined and almost lost my job.'

Two days later she shared an audio recording of a phone conversation with her boss, Press TV's News Director Hamid Reza Emadi. 

Emadi, who was included on the EU human rights sanctions list by the European Court of Justice in 2013, for his role in broadcasting the forced confessions of political prisoners, is heard begging her to 'satisfy' him. 

News website Iran Wire published a translated transcript of the phone call in which Emadi tells Sheena: 'I didn’t even touch you last night. You mean touching your tummy over your clothes is considered touching? 

'I didn't even touch your breasts. Your breasts drive me crazy, but I didn't touch them.'

Then he asks her: 'Will you do me a favour? Will you do it for me? I’m really desperate. Satisfy me.'

Sheena tells him to call someone else, reminding him that she's just worked a night shift and has to collect her son in a few hours.

Emadi is heard telling Sheena: 'I’m not asking you to kill someone. You can have sex with me as a friend.'

He describes what he wants from her as 'humanitarian help', but Sheena tells him: 'You are objectifying me.'

'I’m doing my best, but sometimes I get to the boiling point. I can’t help myself,' he replies. 

basis, saying that she had been put through hell 

Sheena tells him that it isn't her fault, but he continues: 'Well, it’s your fault as well, because you have amazing breasts and lips. I die for your breasts.'

As she hangs up, he asks if she will perform oral sex on him.  

Following the release of the recording, Sheena posted a WhatsApp message from Emadi in Persian saying that it had been fabricated and that he would report anyone who shared it to Interpol and he's also believed to have shared the message online.

Sheena shared his post on Facebook and said she was being 'constantly threatened', adding: 'This voice recording is not fabricated.'

An anonymous former Press TV employee backed her up by confirming the recording's authenticity to Iran Wire.  

'It’s not a fake. I know both of them and both their voices and it’s definitely them,' they said. 'She’s a respectable woman, but she was vulnerable as a single mother with a son and he used this against her. She also needed the money.'

To add weight to her claims against Emadi, Sheena posted a screenshot of a photo of him he'd sent her on WhatsApp.

He'd captioned the photo, which shows him posing on a red carpet: 'Hot boss.'

Then he'd sent another image of himself in front of the mirror, saying: 'Right, the pervert motherf***** that I am. Does the weight loss look good on me?'

She also shared messages from Emadi in which he begged her to take the image down. 

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