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0 pointsTriv8885y ago0 comments

> When you travel to Iran you need to make sure you don't get arrested by iranian regime because they have a history of taking dual nationals as hostage.

Isn't it trivial for them to catch you at the border if they wanted to do it?

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amir734jj5y ago

They usually arrest people at the airport when they are leaving. It's called "hostage diplomacy"[0]. There is a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to it.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostage_diplomacy#Iran

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0 pointsTriv8885y ago0 comments

> When you travel to Iran you need to make sure you don't get arrested by iranian regime because they have a history of taking dual nationals as hostage.

Isn't it trivial for them to catch you at the border if they wanted to do it?

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amir734jj5y ago

They usually arrest people at the airport when they are leaving. It's called "hostage diplomacy"[0]. There is a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to it.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostage_diplomacy#Iran

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