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HEADLINE: Inside the Den of Spies: Iran Visit and Confessions of an Arms Procurement ChiefAUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: While investigating in Iran, Craig Unger visited the former US Embassy, known as the Den of Spies, now a spy museum. He secured a brief

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 21 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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HEADLINE: Inside the Den of Spies: Iran Visit and Confessions of an Arms Procurement ChiefAUTHOR: Craig Unger SUMMARY: While investigating in Iran, Craig Unger visited the former US Embassy, known as the Den of Spies, now a spy museum. He secured a brief meeting with Mohsen Rafighdoost, former head of arms procurement for Ayatollah Khomeini, who accidentally referenced meeting with Republicans—a statement Unger captured on video, lending credence to the secret deal.








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Greg Unger's here, my colleague and friend, Den of Spies, is his new book.

0:33.9

Reagan, Carter, and the secret history of the treason that stole the White House.

0:40.8

Ben Manashi, the agent for the Israeli military intelligence, rogue, has produced documents and made many interviews, and part of the information he's convened still remains a whopper.

0:48.6

That in July, in October of 1980, weeks before the election, George Bush, George H.W. Bush, the man who was

0:59.2

nominated at the time to be vice president, and we know now has served as president of the

1:03.8

United States during the investigation run by the Senate in the House in 91.92, The allegation is that he traveled to Paris and met with

1:14.2

representatives of Iran in order to seal the deal. Craig, the information was always less vital than we

1:24.4

have for the meeting in Madrid. DeMorz is suspect of having set it up in Paris,

1:30.9

but there are alibis, and one of them is meeting with Potter Stewart, a Supreme Court

1:36.6

Associate Justice, and his wife. And that Potter Stewart is gone, so there's no source of

1:43.4

information there. Please explain what we do

1:47.0

have about that so-called meeting. Luncheon, I believe. Well, I have to give credit to my late

1:53.3

colleague Bob Perry, who really punctured this and several other alibis. But he actually

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