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Not-So-Little Fires Everywhere in Iran

Episode Summary

Over the past month or so, some of Iran's most sensitive military sites have blown up and/or burned down. What's the deal, Mr. Rouhani...?

Episode Notes

Iran's not in great shape. 

A deeply unpopular government run by aging Islamic theocrats... a bad economy crippled by American sanctions... and a runaway COVID-19 pandemic have already combined to  push this big, important Middle Eastern power towards the edge. 

And now, on top of everything else, some of Iran's most sensitive  military sites -- including the research center where the regime builds advanced centrifuges for potential use in a nuclear weapons program  -- are blowing up and burning down.

Some of these incidents probably aren't accidents. Who's behind them (cough cough ISRAEL cough), and what does it mean? Steve and Pete investigate and elucidate!

Further Reading:

  1. Israel, U.S developing shared strategy to harm Iran’s nuclear facilities, officials tell NYT
  2. Long-Planned and Bigger Than Thought: Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Program
  3. Iran Admits Serious Damage to Natanz Nuclear Site, Setting Back Program
  4. Iran’s Nuclear Program

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