June 22, 2025
3. The Scientist
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.
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Operation Rising Lion is a fictional series based on real
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world events. Any similarities between persons living or dead is
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purely coincidental. Calaruga Shark Media.
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My name is Marcus Cole, and I need to tell
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you about the morning we crossed a line we could
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never uncross. It was eight fifteen am on a Friday
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in November when doctor Mohsen Rahimi's armored sedan rounded the
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curve on the Absurd Highway, thirty kilometers east of Tehran.
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He was traveling with his wife Mariam, returning from their
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weekend house in the mountains, where they'd hosted his grandchildren
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for an early birthday celebration. This is episode three The Scientist.
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What doctor Rahimi didn't know was that we'd been tracking
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his movements for thirteen years. What he couldn't have calculated
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was that a one ton remote controlled machine gun, smuggled
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in Iran piece by piece over eight months, was waiting
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for him at precisely that curve. And what I couldn't
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have anticipated was that Captain Rasami would dedicate the next
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five years of his life to hunting down everyone responsible
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for what happened in the following sixty three seconds. But
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I'm getting ahead of myself. To understand why eliminating doctor
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Mohsen Rahimi became inevitable in our calculations, you need to
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understand what Colonel Karimi's network had revealed about iran nuclear
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weapons program in the two years since we'd stolen those
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archives from Shoabad. Doctor Rahimi was Iran's j Robert Oppenheimer,
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the brilliant physicist who transformed theoretical nuclear research into practical
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weapons development. Since two thousand and seven, he'd led Project
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Amod's evolution from paper blueprints to functional warhead designs. The
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intelligence provided by doctor Tarani and other assets in Karimi's
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network painted a disturbing picture. Iran was months away from
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producing weapons grade uranium and quantity sufficient for multiple nuclear devices,
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but Rahemi represented more than technical expertise. He was the
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institutional memory of Iran's nuclear weapons program, the man who
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understood not just how to build atomic bombs, but how
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to build them efficiently, reliably, in in quantity. Eliminating him
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wouldn't stop Iran's nuclear program, but it would set it
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back years and force a complete reorganization of their research priorities.
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The mathematics were brutal, but clear one man's life against
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millions of potential casualties in nuclear war. I'd coordinated targeted
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eliminations before terrorists in Damascus, weapons dealers in Beirut, rocket
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engineers in Gaza. But doctor Rahimi was different. He wasn't
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a battlefield combatant or a criminal operative. He was a
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scionist working for his government, a grandfather who coached youth
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soccer and donated blood during natural disasters. The psychological profile
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we'd developed painted him as a genuinely decent man caught
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in the machinery of state policy. He believed his research
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served Iran's defensive needs. He had no idea his calculations
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were feeding weapons designed to incinerate Israeli cities. But belief
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doesn't alter mathematical reality. Doctor Rahimi's continued research represented an
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existential threat to Israeli survival. The operation took eighteen months
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to plan and execute. We called its scholar's End, a
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designation that felt appropriately academic for targeting someone who'd spent
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his career in pursuit of knowledge. However destructive, the weapon
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itself was a masterpiece of engineering psychology, a modified Belgian
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fnmag machine gun mounted on an advanced robotic platform equipped
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with facial recognition software and satellite communication systems. The entire
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apparatus weighed approximately one ton and had been smuggled into
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Iran through commercial channels over eight months. Our operatives used
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legitimate business relationships to import industrial equipment, electronic components, and
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mechanical parts that seemed innocuous individually but formed a sophisticated
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assassination system when assembled. The machine gun components entered Iran
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disguised as mining equipment. The robotic platform arrived as agricultural
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automation technology. The artificial intelligence systems were embedded in consumer
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electronics shipments. The assembly took place in a safe house
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outside Tehran, a facility Koremi's network had identified and secured
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without Iranian counterintelligence detection. Three Masad technical specialists operating under
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commercial cover identities spent six weeks integrating the components into
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a weapon system that could be operated remotely from our
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Tel Aviv command center. Doctor Rahimi's security team had advised
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against the weekend trip to absard intelligence indicated elevated threat levels,
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and his protection detail recommended postponing travel until security assessments
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could be completed, but Rahimi insisted on maintaining his family commitments.
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His grandson's birthday party was more important to him than
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abstract security concerns. He'd survived previous assassination attempts, car bombs
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in twenty ten, motorcycle gunmen in twenty fifteen, and believed
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his security protocols were adequate protection That confidence would prove faith.
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The killing zone was a curve on the Absard Highway
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where terrain features limited escape routes, and sitelines provided optimal
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targeting angles. Our surveillance teams had identified the location months
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earlier and positioned the weapon system in an abandoned Nissan
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pickup truck parked strategically along the roadside from my control
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center in Tel Aviv. I watched satellite feeds as Rahimi's
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four vehicle convoy approached the ambush site. The lead security car,
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Rahimi's armored sedan, a follow vehicle with additional bodyguards and
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a rear guard maintaining overwatch standard Iranian VIP protection protocol
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meticulously documented by Karemi's network. At eight seventeen am, the
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convoy entered the killing zone. The weapon system activated automatically,
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using facial recognition software to identify doctor Rahimi through the
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Sedan's windows. Thirteen bullets, fired in controlled bursts over thirty
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sive seven seconds, struck the vehicle with surgical precision. The
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bullets were designed to penetrate standard armored glass. Intelligence about
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the Sedan's protection specifications had been provided by our network
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months earlier. Doctor Rahimi died instantly. Four additional rounds struck
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his security chief, who had attempted to shield the scientists
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with his own body. Mariam Rahimi, sitting beside her husband,
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was unharmed. The weapons targeting algorithms had been programmed to
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avoid collateral casualties. The entire engagement lasted less than one minute.
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By the time Iranian security forces reached the scene, the
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weapons system had self destructed, destroying evidence while leaving enough
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debris to suggest a sophisticated foreign intelligence operation. But something
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went wrong with our extraction planning. The Nissan pickup truck
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was registered to a man who had fled Iran three
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days before the assassination, a detail that immediately suggested foreign
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involvement to Iranian investigators. More critically, the technical complexity of
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the weapons system indicated resources and capabilities beyond those of
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typical opposition groups. Within hours, Iranian security services had concluded
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they were dealing with an Israeli operation. That's when Captain
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Ressa Amiri entered our calculations. Captain Amiri was a twenty
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year veteran of Iran's intelligence ministry, specializing in counterintelligence operations
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against foreign services. He'd spent his career tracking Israeli operatives
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in Iran with methodical precision that had earned respect even
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from Massad analysts who studied his work, But the Rahimi
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assassination transformed Ami from professional investigator into personal nemesis. Amir
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had grown up in the same Tehran neighborhood as doctor Rahimi.
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They'd attended the same elementary school, played soccer on the
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same youth teams, maintained a friendship that transcended their different
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career paths. When Amir learned that his childhood friend had
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been assassinated by foreign operatives, the investigation became a personal
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mission for justice. The Wolf report's unusual activity in counterintelligence
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channels came an encrypted message from Karemi three days after
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the assassination. Captain Amiri has been assigned lead investigative authority.
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He's asking uncomfortable questions about security protocols and communication intercepts.
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Amir's investigation began with forensic analysis of the weapons system debris.
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Iranian technical specialists concluded that the assassination required intelligence about
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Rahimi's travel schedule, security protocols, and vehicle specifications that could
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only have been provided by sources within Iran security apparatus.
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The mathematical implications were terrifying. If Israeli intelligence had penetrated
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Iran's security services deeply enough to coordinate such a sophisticated
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assassin nation, the entire Iranian leadership was vulnerable to similar operations.
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But Amiri's investigation went beyond technical forensics. He began conducting
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psychological profiles of Iranian personnel with access to classified information
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about Rahimi's movements. He reviewed communication patterns, travel records, financial transactions,
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and personal relationships of anyone who might have provided intelligence
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to foreign services, and he was getting closer to discovering
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Karimi's network archive control. The wolf advis's extreme caution came
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another encrypted message in December, Captain Amir has identified communication
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anomalies in my department. He's requesting authorization to conduct polygraph
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examinations of senior staff. This was the nightmare scenario we'd calculated,
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but hoped to avoid a competent investigator with personal motivation
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and institutional support systematically unraveling the network that had taken
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three years to build. The pressure was mounting on doctor
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Tehrani as well. Rahimi's death had triggered security reviews throughout
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Iran's nuclear program. Personnel with foreign contacts were being questioned,
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research projects were being audited for security compliance. I attended
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Mosen's funeral, Tehrani reported through ENCRYPTI channels. His grandsons asked
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me why bad people had killed their grandfather. His wife
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asked if the research we were doing was worth men
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dying for it. I couldn't answer either question. Doctor Ahmad
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Tehrani was breaking down under the psychological strain of betraying
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his homeland, while morning colleagues killed by the intelligence he provided.
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The funeral had been a breaking point seeing Rahimi's family
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grieve for a man whose death Trani had helped enable
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through his cooperation with Israeli intelligence. But the intelligence Tehrani
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continued to provide was too valuable to lose. His access
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to nuclear research data enabled precision targeting that minimized civilian
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casualties while maximizing operational impact. Replacing him would take years
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in risk, exposing additional assets to Amri's investigation. The calculations
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were becoming increasingly complex. Maintained Tehrani's cooperation while managing his
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psychological deterioration, continue Karemi's network operations while avoiding Amir's investigation,
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eliminate Iranian nuclear capability while preventing broader regional war. Every
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variable depended on variables we couldn't control. Amir's investigation expanded
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throughout twenty twenty one. In twenty twenty two, he arrested
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a tea house owner who had provided safehouse services during
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our archive operation. He identified three communication channels used by
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our operatives during the Rahemi assassination. He even discovered the
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shipping records for some of the equipment components we'd use
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to build the weapon system. But he was also discovering
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corruption within Iran security services that had nothing to do
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with Israeli intelligence operations. Ranian officials were embezzling funds, selling
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classified information to criminal organizations, and using their positions for
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personal enrichment. Amir's investigation was uncovering systemic problems that threatened
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the entire Iranian security establishment. The Wolf says Amir has
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identified significant corruption in intelligence services. Koremi reported his investigation
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is expanding beyond foreign penetration to include domestic criminal activity.
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This provides cover for our network, but also increases security
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scrutiny across all departments. Iranian leadership was facing an uncomfortable
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choice support Amir's investigation and risk exposing widespread corruption, or
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limit his authority and risk leaving foreign intelligence networks intact.
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They chose a middle course that satisfied no one. Amir
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was given expanded investigative authority but limited resources. He could
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pursue foreign intelligence operations, but not corruption in cases that
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implicated senior officials. He could arrest low level operatives, but
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not senior personnel without explicit authorization. The bureaucratic constraints frustrated Amri,
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but didn't stop his investigation. He simply worked around administrative
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limitations with the dedication of someone pursuing personal justice rather
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than professional advancement. By twenty twenty three, Amri had identified
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most of the support network we'd use for the Rahemi assassination. Safehouses,
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communication channels, equipment suppliers, transportation assets, the entire infrastructure that
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had enabled our operation was being systematically exposed and eliminated.
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But he still hadn't discovered the source of the intelligence
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that made the assassination possible. He didn't know about doctor
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Tehrani's cooperation with Israeli intelligence. He hadn't identified Kareemi as
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a double agent. The core network remained intact even as
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its operational capabilities were degraded. That's when we made a
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decision that would haunt my calcul relations for years. Rather
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than risk AMII discovering our most valuable assets, we decided
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to eliminate him. The operation was designated Scholar's Justice, a
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reference to his investigation of the Rahemi assassination. It would
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look like retaliation by criminal elements whose corruption he'd exposed,
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providing plausible deniability while removing the threat to our network.
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But doctor Tehrani refused to provide intelligence for targeting Amir.
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I won't help you kill another good man, came his
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encrypted message. Raisa Ami is trying to protect Iran from
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foreign infiltration. He's doing his job with honor and dedication.
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If you want to eliminate him, find another source for
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targeting intelligence. Tehrani's refusal created an operational crisis. We needed
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his access to Iranian security protocols to plan Amir's assassination,
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but he wouldn't cooperate with operations targeting Iranian personnel. He
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respected the psychological profile we developed of Tehrani indicated this
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was likely. He'd agreed to provide intelligence about nuclear weapons
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development because he opposed proliferation, but he wouldn't participate in
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operations targeting individual Iranians unless they were directly involved in
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weapons research. His moral boundaries were limiting our operational flexibility
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at precisely the moment when eliminating a Miri had become
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strategically necessary, MARCUS Director Cohen said during a briefing in
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early twenty twenty four, we need to resolve the Ami problem.
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His investigation is getting too close to assets. We can't
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afford to lose Sir without Tehrani's cooperation. We don't have
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the intelligence required for precise targeting, and forcing his cooperation
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risks losing him entirely. Then we need to decide which
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asset is more valuable, Tehrani's continued intelligence provision or a
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limitating the threat Amri represents. The mathematics were cruel, but clear.
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Doctor Tehrani provided ongoing intelligence about Iran's nuclear program. Captain
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Amir represented a growing threat to the network that enabled
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that intelligence collection. But eliminating Amri without Tehrani's cooperation would
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require broader operations that risked exposing other assets. We chose
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to maintain Tehrani's cooperation and manage the Amir threat through
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operational security rather than elimination. It was the right decision morally,
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in the wrong decision strategically. Over the following year, Amir's
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investigation continued closing in on our network. He identified communication
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patterns that suggested systematic intelligence sharing between Irani and personnel
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and foreign services. He developed psychological profiles of potential double
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agents that included accurate assessments of several network members, and
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in March twenty twenty five, he finally identified doctor Ahmad
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Tehrani as a probable Israeli intelligence asset. Archive control the
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Wolf Reports emergency status came Koremi's final encrypted message. Captain
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AMII has requested authorization to arrest doctor Tehrani for questioning.
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He has compiled evidence of irregular communication patterns and suspicious
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research access recommend immediate extraction protocols, but doctor Tehrani refused extraction.
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