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Listen to a recording from a detained American journalist in Iran's Evin Prison 92%
6/4/2026, 9:01:52 PM
BS Summary: This video contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, In-Group Bias, and False Dilemma, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 65.6% saturation with 145 hits. Analysis detected 1,034 faulty-reasoning hits from 221 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 86.7% and a BS Rank of 92% (1,782 of 21,887 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 91.90% of the video peer group.
I'm Reza Shah, your colleague who is sending you this message from Evin Prison in Tehran.
The following statement is my personal opinion on the release of 20 Iranian sailors.
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While three American citizens and I are imprisoned in Iran, 20 Iranian sailors were released by the United States on May 21st and returned to Iran.
The US government could have demanded our exchange in return. However, it did not happen.
While the four of us are suffering from various diseases and are deprived from real medical services, the US government could have at least demand real medical services for us in exchange for the release of Iranian sailors.
Even if treating our diseases is a big demand, it would have at least demand, it would have at least asked the Iranian authorities to reduce not all the physical pressure and mental torture against us in captivity, but at least some of it.
I'm curious to know what concessions the US government received in exchange for the release of Iranian sailors if the US government in exchanging concessions with Iran had another priority than the release of American hostages, that would make America great again, I fully respect this decision.
Thank you very much. Goodbye.
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