1297: Iran | Out of the Loop

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I've been getting messages for months to cover the protests in Iran, but I covered them previously, but I was also in the Middle East and traveling a heck of a time to go to the Middle East. Anyway, today we're finally doing it. Iran is one of those countries that Americans think they understand because they heard three things. Hostage crisis, nukes, terrorists, but that's kind of like saying you understand Rome because you watched Gladiator on a plane. Iran is actually four very different stories wearing the same trench coat, an ancient civilization, a monarchy that got jerked around by empires, a revolution that became a theocratic nightmare, and now a modern missile and cyber war with global consequences.

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