Name: Iranian People Want Change: Intelligence Expert
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Description: NTD’s Iris Tao sat down with Stefano Ritondale, an intelligence expert and army veteran, on the possible terms and limits of the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, and what the future of the Middle East looks like.

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