Iran

CIA-Iran ‘bonhomie’ decoded

Iran’s affability with the nukes hasn’t gone down well with President Trump. The war of words has started all over again. But, this surely isn’t something out of the blue. CIA’s declassified documents reveal that Iran has always held a special place in CIA’s international operations. In the entire treasure trove, there are 1,582 search results pertaining to documents related to Iran.

To subdue any regional influence the revolution might gather, CIA’s deployment of its field officers in Iran in a large number is an open secret. It wasn’t just the 1979 revolution that caught the Americans by surprise. Rather, the U.S. has always been wary of the Shia version of Islam, which is considered by most of the Americans as inherently opposed to their geopolitical maneuvers. Noticeably, Iran, over the years, has only been the real threat to Israel’s regional supremacy. Whether that threat is genuine or not, isn’t part of the debate, anyway.