Ref IranIt sounds unlikely but we were working for 'Voice of America' ie CIA,supporting a tethered baloon beaming propaganda in Afghanistan. This was around 1975 and the Shah was still in charge. Driving anywhere was a nightmare,worse than Port Harcourt and thats saying something! The locals would steal anything and were complely untrustworthy.One of my local engineers was taken one night by Savak(the Shah's secret police) and was never seen again. It just went on and on.