The pop ation, part of the political eleue is really vocal and critical about the security forces. So it may be they do sometimes catch agents, but they're not very successful in stopping the sabotages and assassinations that go on in the country. The united states does this. Toranians too, we have to take hostages to negotiate with the united states. It's a forein polisi tul that the us. Is using the maximum pressure duts used by the trump administration. No responsible government should subsidize aran's blood lust.
Iran is entering its fifth decade of taking hostages. One who made it out tells his story.
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