Two high-ranking Iranian defectors give DW a rare look into the mindset of the regime's loyal servants
Months of correspondence with two high-ranking defectors have given DW's investigative unit a rare look at the mindset of the regime's loyal servants — and…
DW reports: Months of correspondence with two high-ranking defectors have given DW's investigative unit a rare look at the mindset of the regime's loyal servants — and revealed a clandestine circle that allegedly plots murders.
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