This episode is brought to you by Ninja Lux Cafe, the three-in-one machine that makes espresso, drip coffee, and cold brew. No barista skills required. You're listening to Comedy Central. You're listening to Comedy Central. Oh! Last week, we sent our own senior foreign correspondent Jason Jones to Iran.

Really, we did that.

That was stupid.

Obviously, we didn't know there was going to be a dictatorial and somewhat violent crackdown on its people.

Now, Mr. Jones did get out of Iran before the election from what we've been told.

But we believe the reports he will be filing starting tonight present an interesting snapshot of a nation unaware of the destiny

which awaits it. Tonight, the first of Jason Jones reports. The Islamic Republic of Iran, a nation

in upheaval, a powder keg waiting to explode. But as we empathize with these courageous souls who are

risking their lives to take a stand for democracy in the face of oppression, let us

not forget, these people are evil. But just what is it that makes them so evil? I

hadn't signed up for Twitter, so the only way to find out was to go and see for myself.

As I touched down at Comani Airport on my 36th birthday, I was completely alone.

No American Embassy, no alcohol, not even exposed ankles to Lear-at.

I have a wife and children. Please, they'll hurt me.

Even leaving the hotel presented potential risk. Red wire, blue wire.

But I assured my producer Tim Greenberg that as long as he was with me, there was nothing to fear.

First up, I made contact with my translator, Mahmoud.

We headed to a coffee shop off Azadi Square

for a clandestine meeting with Iranian journalist Maziar Bihari.

I was told he'd go by the code name Pistachio,

and I would recognize him by... Oh, I didn't see it here.

I asked him the question on every Westerner's mind.

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