On June 25th, 2020, an explosion rocked the Iranian military complex of Parchin.

An hour later, the city of Shiraz, which houses major Iranian military facilities, was hit

with a power outage.

On June 30th, there was an explosion

at a clinic in Tehran. On July 2nd, the nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz was hit. July 4th

saw an explosion at a power plant in Akvas. In fact, every day or two since late June has brought

news of a mysterious explosion somewhere in Iran. Welcome to the

Tikva podcast. I'm your host, Jonathan Silver. My guest today is retired Major General Amos Yadlin,

Israel's former chief of military intelligence, and the executive director of Tel Aviv University's

Institute for National Security Studies. No one, not Israel, not Saudi Arabia, not the United States.

No one has claimed responsibility for carrying out any of these attacks,

nor is there any official consensus on whether these mysterious explosions are in fact attacks at all.

Instead, we try to look at the geopolitical backdrop of the current chaos, the strategic

thinking that is served by these explosions, and what the military implications are for what could

very well be a new form of warfare. If you enjoyed this conversation, you can subscribe to the

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you can visit our website, tikfafund.org, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Here now is my conversation

with Amos Yadlin. General Yadlin, welcome to the Tikva podcast. I'm glad to be with you.

So look, over the last few weeks, there have been explosions and power outages at various military

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