The back and forth between the two countries is now a few years into its fifth decade. Will it ever end? Or are we just going to hear stories like jason's forever? We're going to see one form of another until these political fights actually stop. The verge is turning ten this year, and we're celebrating live in new york city on october 20 second and 20 third with an epoc two day event. For a limited time, we're offering vox metear podcast network fans 150 dollars off our standard ticket. Go to the verge dot com, slash on the verge for tickets and enter promo code dollar.
Iran is entering its fifth decade of taking hostages. One who made it out tells his story.
Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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