I'm happy they're coming home. My problem is this, number one, they should never have been hostages in the first place. None of them did anything wrong. I think that aran very deliberately seized them because they know that under a braco bama, you can trade americans for people you want. There were all sorts of people in washington who hated this deal. Let's rise up and tell every elected official in washington, stop this deal.
Iran is entering its fifth decade of taking hostages. One who made it out tells his story.
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