How an Iranian dissident foiled a kidnapping plot against him

Mohammed Rezaie, a former Iranian navy captain who fled to Turkey, is pursued by a group of undercover Turkish operatives working for Iran. They nearly kidnap him, but Rezaie’s suspicions of them help him escape. Reporter Fariba Nawa tells the story of how Rezaie survives.

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