>One could 's/Islamic Republic/KSA' here and it'd be pretty much the same stories.
KSA is smart enough not to openly shout 'Death to America'. Nor does it have a nuclear program or keeps hostages or refuses to join anti-terrorist transparency treaties.
>The rest of the story: Because South Korea is effectively stealing $7B worth of oil from Iran.
OK, lets have any country which has a financial dispute with some other country takes hostages. That would be a nice world, right? That's the world we'll be at if Iran keeps being rewarded for its behaviour.
KSA is smart enough not to openly shout 'Death to America'. Nor does it have a nuclear program or keeps hostages or refuses to join anti-terrorist transparency treaties.
>The rest of the story: Because South Korea is effectively stealing $7B worth of oil from Iran.
OK, lets have any country which has a financial dispute with some other country takes hostages. That would be a nice world, right? That's the world we'll be at if Iran keeps being rewarded for its behaviour.