David McCloskey

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The Rest Is Classified · 193. The KGB in Iran: Defecting to MI6 with Ben Macintyre (Ep 1) · 13 Sep 2026 podcast

like an incredible opportunity for the Soviet Union, right? voice-verified

Because it's it's not at all clear exactly whether Khomeini's going to take over or what form its government will take. voice-verified

There's a a Marxist party, the two-day party that's coming back into the country. voice-verified

I mean, this for Kuzychkin voice-verified

This kind of looks like maybe an opportunity. voice-verified

Holding the Russians accountable is World War. voice-verified

Men like Duffy, they are our most valuable weapon. voice-verified

Well welcome back. voice-verified

We're with Ben McIntyre talking about his amazing new book, Redwood. voice-verified

Vladimir Kuzichkin. voice-verified

And we last left him in Tehran in this kind of broiling spirit of revolution. voice-verified

One of the things I love about the book, Ben, was you go into a lot of great detail. voice-verified

I don't want to give too much away, but a lot of great detail about the KGB's operations in Iran, in Tehran, in this kind of revolutionary period. voice-verified

I mean, could you give us some sense of voice-verified

what Kuzichkin is actually kind of doing. voice-verified

These operations where he's he's drinking, he's trying to prepare himself for this this kind of tense environment. voice-verified

I mean, maybe walk us into one of those, if you wouldn't mind, for kind of what he's doing, nuts and bolts on the ground as he's he's in his job as a KGB officer. voice-verified

sew every sewage engineer that I know is the life of the party. voice-verified

might be listening. voice-verified

I think the stress level is it it's so important structurally to understand the business and the people in it. voice-verified

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