For some reason, the regime couldn’t prevent such calls, nor could it jam the Israel-based transmitters. Amir always asked his callers to announce from where they were calling. If they were still in homelnd, he immediately asked them about the situation on the ground, whether in 1979 or 2009.The secret to Amir’s success in reaching persians is twofold: He’s an unabashed champion of the persian people and of democracy; and he reports news that the regime itself keeps under wraps.