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Did Iran’s Top General Betray His Country?

In 2007, Iranian General Ali Reza Asgari walked out of a hotel in Istanbul and vanished, taking decades of Iran’s military intelligence and nuclear secrets with him. Iran says he was kidnapped. Others say he defected. But after he disappeared, a chain of major intelligence operations shook the Middle East, raising one question: What really happened to Iran’s missing general?

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People are complex and complicated — yet we’re constantly being pushed to oversimplify our world. At Unpacked we know that being complex makes us more interesting. Because of this, we break the world down with nuance and insight to drive your curiosity and challenge your thinking.