Operation Rising Lion - Attack on Iran

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June 13-15, 2025. Sixty-three hours of precision warfare eliminate Iran's nuclear capability while systematically consuming everyone who made precision possible. Dr. Tehrani dies in strikes he helped target. Captain Amiri dies defending against attacks his investigation enabled. Colonel Karimi is executed for treason that served both countries.But Marcus discovers the devastating truth: every "enemy" was actually an ally working toward the same goal. Tehrani was developing cancer treatments. Amiri was protecting scientists. Mizrahi was genuinely helping Iranian families. All served multiple loyalties simultaneously, believing they could save everyone from everyone else.The greatest espionage thriller ever told is the story of allies eliminating allies to protect the same world through different calculations.To become a premium subscriber (no ads and no feed drops) visit caloroga.com/plus.   For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which seays UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. You also get 25+ other shows on the network ad-free!

October 2024 to June 2025. Iranian missiles strike Tel Aviv, triggering eight months of impossible calculations by three world leaders. Prime Minister Weiss authorizes military planning while President Mitchell pursues diplomacy. Both discover that Iran is using negotiations to buy time for nuclear completion.As the window for preventing nuclear war closes, Marcus coordinates final preparations knowing the operation will consume everyone who makes it possible. Dr. Tehrani provides final targeting intelligence. Colonel Karimi transmits his last message. The infiltration network prepares to be destroyed by its own success.Sometimes preventing catastrophe requires becoming people who no longer deserve to live in the world they saved. The decision to save the world has been made.To become a premium subscriber (no ads and no feed drops) visit caloroga.com/plus.   For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which seays UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. You also get 25+ other shows on the network ad-free!

Captain Amiri's investigation dismantles the old network as Marcus builds a new one. Over three years, weapons and operatives are smuggled into Iran piece by piece, establishing drone bases and operational capabilities for the ultimate mission. David Mizrahi, a young Israeli-Iranian double agent, penetrates Tehran society while struggling with gambling addiction and the psychological cost of betraying people who trust him.As the Persian Carpet network grows, so does Iranian paranoia about foreign infiltration. When Amiri's investigation finally exposes the network, Iran accelerates nuclear development in response to perceived threats. The infrastructure designed to prevent nuclear war becomes the catalyst for the very conflict it was meant to avoid. Some networks exist only to consume themselves.To become a premium subscriber (no ads and no feed drops) visit caloroga.com/plus.   For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which seays UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. You also get 25+ other shows on the network ad-free!

November 27, 2020. A one-ton remote-controlled machine gun, smuggled into Iran piece by piece, waits on the Absard highway for Dr. Mohsen Rahimi—Iran's nuclear weapons architect and a grandfather who coaches youth soccer.The assassination takes sixty-three seconds and triggers a five-year manhunt by Captain Reza Amiri, who will stop at nothing to find his childhood friend's killers. As Marcus coordinates the most sophisticated elimination in intelligence history, Dr. Ahmad Tehrani attends the funeral and refuses to provide intelligence for targeting other Iranians.Some hunts are personal. Some friendships transcend politics. And sometimes the mathematics of prevention and cure become indistinguishable. The network that prevented nuclear war is about to be destroyed by the pursuit of justice.To become a premium subscriber (no ads and no feed drops) visit caloroga.com/plus.   For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which seays UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. You also get 25+ other shows on the network ad-free!