Nir Booms of Cyberdissidents and Shayan Arya, Seattle-based Iranian-American activist, describe the increasing use of kidnapping and hostage taking to intimidate foes of the theocratic regime in Iran. Hostage taking is a barbaric practice to which the Iranians have added modern police state methods.
From Nir Booms' blog site is the article reprinted from The Washington Times.
If there is any cheer in the article it is the description of 21st century ways that have developed to resist the dictators.
