First published 2011
For over two decades, Iran has orchestrated international terrorism while Western intelligence agencies have fought back through secret operations. Ronen Bergman, Israel's premier intelligence reporter, documents this hidden conflict between Iranian operatives and agencies like Mossad and the CIA. He traces Iranian-backed attacks across the globe and reveals classified counterterrorism missions for the first time. Bergman shows how Mossad and American intelligence services collaborated to recruit Iranian insiders who exposed nuclear secrets and terrorist plans. He details sophisticated surveillance operations that penetrated Iranian networks and describes how Hezbollah operatives planned attacks from New York apartments. The book reveals Iran's training of Iraqi insurgents in bomb-making techniques and suicide tactics. Bergman connects decades of terrorist incidents to Iranian sponsorship, showing how this shadow war has shaped Middle Eastern politics and global security.
Genres: history, international-relations, political-science, non-fiction, military-history, espionage
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers
Setting: Iran, New York
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
432 pages · Paperback · Free Press
Content warnings: violence