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Welcome to Spycast, the official podcast of the International Spy Museum.

I'm your host, Sasha Inver, and each week I take you into the shadows of espionage, intelligence, and covert operations across the globe.

Washington and Tehran have a long and complicated history,

with tensions that rise, fall, and then rise again.

Just this summer, we watched the U.S. and Israel strike Iran's nuclear infrastructure.

So we're going to bring you a series of special

episodes on Iran, looking back and forward to unveil the country's intelligence priorities,

its capabilities, and its tactics. First, a conversation with Faribha Nawa, a journalist who shows us that if you want to learn

about Iranian intelligence, one of the best places to look is Turkey. It may be a member of NATO,

but it's also a country where Iranian dissidents flee because of their shared border.

And as Tehran tries to lure certain Iranians back,

Israel tries to recruit them. It's a complex and deadly game that Fariba has been bravely

documenting through the podcast Lethal Dissent. Here it is.

Fariba, you've shown how Turkey is fertile ground for Tehran's spy games.

And I'm wondering, who is the regime hiring to do their bidding?

Yeah, Turkey is an opposition haven.

The regime, specifically the Iranian Revolutionary Guard

Corps, which is the paramilitary arm of the Iranian regime and a very powerful entity, has a long

reach inside the Turkish government. They, in some cases, have been able to infiltrate the judiciary and higher proxies within that,

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