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662. I Infiltrated Iran. They Took Me to the Ayatollah - Catherine Perez-Shakdam

heretics. | andrew gold

Andrew Gold

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.31.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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What happens when a Jewish girl from Paris ends up face-to-face with the Ayatollah of Iran? This isn’t a spy movie—it’s the chilling reality of Catherine Perez-Shakdam | Go to https://boncharge.com and use code HERETICS to save 15%. In this episode, Catherine reveals how she successfully infiltrated the heart of one of the world's most secretive and dangerous regimes. From being held at blade-point in Yemen to being granted an audience with a man who believes he exercises the power of God, her story is as extraordinary as it is terrifying. But this isn't just about her survival. It’s about the playbook. Get Catherine's book, The War Against G-d: https://amzn.eu/d/057VdTa8 Catherine breaks down the sophisticated psychological warfare being used to "boil the frog" in the West. She exposes how propaganda is laundered through our charities, schools, and media to silence dissent and dismantle our values from within. If you think the Iranian regime is contained within its borders, you are gravely mistaken. They are already here. Watch until the end to discover Catherine’s chilling warning: If the regime falls in Iran, where does the machine go next? Chapters 0:00 – The Paris Girl Who Fooled the Ayatollah 1:05 – "I'm Jewish in Iran": The Ultimate Risk 2:22 – The Marriage That Became a Radicalization Trap 4:23 – Held at Blade-Point: "Convert or Bleed" 9:11 – The Goat in the Front Seat: Culture Shock in Yemen 13:10 – The Nobel Peace Prize Farce Exposed 19:21 – Setting the Trap: How I Infiltrated the IRGC 23:00 – Meeting George Galloway & The Propaganda Machine 25:30 – Inside the "Cult of Personality": Crying for the Leader 28:43 – Face-to-Face with the Ayatollah: "I Do What God Does" 32:19 – The Psychological Profile: How They Own You 35:14 – THE PLAYBOOK: How the Regime Infiltrates the West 38:43 – "Boiling the Frog": Why We No Longer Resist 41:43 – Grooming Gangs & The Silence of the West 44:02 – Chilling Rumors: What the Regime Really Thinks of the Leader 53:23 – Who is the Regime Laughing at the Most? 58:05 – The Training Camps Operating Under Our Noses 1:01:40 – The Chilling Reality: What Happens When the Regime Relocates? Hashtags #AndrewGold #Heretics #IranRegime #Infiltration #Ayatollah #Espionage #Propaganda #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #Radicalization #IRGC #CatherinePerezShakdam #ThePlaybook #TruthExposed #DocumentaryInterview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A nice girl from Paris somehow ends up face to face with the Ayatollah of Iran. It sounds impossible, but Catherine Perez-Shakdam lived it. She infiltrated the heart of the

0:40.2

Iranian regime. But this episode isn't just a spy story. It isn't even really about the Middle

0:46.5

East. It's about how propaganda travels through media, charities, slogans, moral pressure,

0:53.2

and people who think they're doing the right thing.

0:56.4

So your mission is to watch this through and learn the playbook.

1:01.2

Not so you can point at other people and call them stupid, but so you can ask the harder

1:05.7

question, where have I been played?

1:09.2

You have the most extraordinary story I've ever heard.

1:11.6

You ended up infiltrating the Iranian regime.

1:14.6

I basically sat a trap.

1:16.6

I think I did it well.

1:17.6

And then you got to meet the Ayatollah.

1:19.6

What was he like?

1:20.6

I thought you were mad before.

1:22.6

No, I know you're crazy.

1:24.6

He proceeded to tell me I do pretty much the same thing as God does.

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