The former Iranian Embassy and ambassador's residence on D.C.'s Embassy Row have been boarded up for decades. But recently, a listener noticed construction outside one of them, and asked us to investigate. The story of the mansions involves wild '70s parties, the Iranian Revolution, and a landlord you wouldn't expect: the U.S. State Department. Monna Kashfi, the executive producer of WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi Show and an Iranian politics expert, joins the show.

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