IRGC Sleeper Cells: The Inside Story

As all sides in the Iran War escalate their attacks, another spectre looms on the horizon: Iran-backed sleeper cell agents across the world launching terrorist attacks against strategic assets — including in the West. Aimen opens the lid on this little-known dimension of the IRGC's activity.

Aimen and Thomas discuss:

How the U.S. will deal with the problem of Bandar Abbas before launching an amphibious assault on islands in the Gulf

The recent escalation: the Houthis join the war, an AWACS plane destroyed in Saudi Arabia, a desalination plant attacked in Kuwait

The history of the sleeper cell as a tool of revolutionary subversion

The five types of Iranian sleeper cell

Aimen's experience embedded in sleeper cells as a double agent

How Iranian sleeper cells launder money

The prevalence of sleeper cells in South America

Aimen's work investigating the finances of sleeper cells

How London restaurants are secret IRGC fronts

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