admits<\/a> that it is torturing the protestors rounded up in recent weeks.<\/p>\nHow can we ever trust a government that won’t lie about its atrocities?<\/p>\n
No wonder so many Americans are convinced that the Iranian government is morally inferior to the U.S. government. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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