Hussain Shafiei

When Intelligence Fails: The Folly of Ignoring Iran’s Real Deterrence Power

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Hussain Shafiei
Jun 20, 2025
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It’s astonishing — no, it’s terrifying — witness the intellectual vacuum at the highest levels of British intelligence. A former chief of MI5 Ken McCallum, speaking with all the confidence of inherited authority, just suggested that the gravest risk of bombing Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility is… retaliation against a few dissidents on British soil.

That’s…

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