How America Went Blind in Iran | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS

This week we trace four decades of American intelligence failure in Iran, from the 1953 CIA coup against Mossadegh through the 1979 embassy takeover that wiped out our human network overnight. Jonathan Hackett walks us through Stuxnet, the JCPOA, the 2019 rollup of our entire asset network, and why we're now dependent on Israeli intelligence to tell us what's happening underground.<br />Support the show on Patreon:⬇️<br />https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse<br />Subscribe to our newsletter!!!!<br />https://teamhousepodcast.kit.com/join<br />Jack's news outlet:⬇️<br />https://thehighside.substack.com/<br />Jack's new book:⬇️<br />https://a.co/d/0gywUGvn<br />Find Jon Hackett here:⬇️<br />Jon's Twitter:<br />https://x.com/jonathanhackett<br />Jon's LinkedIn:<br />https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejonathanhackett<br />Jon's books:<br />https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0C5L659N5?ccs_id=e11a2062-f8d3-498e-bfd7-7d2f3869caf6<br />Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejonathanhackett<br />Twitter: https://x.com/jonathanhackett<br />"Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio"<br />00:00 - Start<br />02:04 - Before 1953: the Qajars, the Constitutional Revolution, and Sykes-Picot<br />09:07 - Why Iranians haven't ruled themselves since Islam arrived<br />12:42 - Operation Ajax: Mossadegh nationalizes the oil and the CIA moves in<br />18:02 - Khomeini in exile: tapes, France, and the promises he made<br />20:38 - The MEK, Jundallah, and the separatist groups nobody agrees with<br />28:31 - Would removing the regime plunge Iran into civil war?<br />34:13 - The Shah's Westernization push and the rise of Shia fanaticism<br />40:16 - 1979: the embassy, the shredded documents, and losing every asset<br />43:52 - Saddam's invasion is what made the revolution real<br />46:42 - Backing both sides: the US strategy in the Iran-Iraq war<br />50:35 - Iran-Contra and Operation Eagle Claw<br />53:09 - Hezbollah's real origins: Berkeley, Amal, and the Israeli occupation<br />01:02:38 - A.Q. Khan, Israel's undeclared arsenal, and the 2003 nuclear announcement<br />01:09:31 - Stuxnet: five countries, a USB drive, and jumping the air gap<br />01:14:20 - Building the JCPOA and what Trump's withdrawal actually accomplished<br />01:19:39 - 2019: how the entire US spy network in Iran was rolled up<br />01:22:50 - Why we went in this time, and the eight men in the room<br />01:29:19 - No end state: where this leaves us and why carriers can't secure Hormuz<br /><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support</a>.