The call for another uprising in Iran is near, Israeli security insider says| Eye for Iran | EP 95 |

About this episode

Brigadier General Amir Avivi discusses the potential for an uprising in Iran and the role of Israel and the US in supporting the Iranian people.

“It’s a matter of weeks.” That is Brigadier General (res.) Amir Avivi’s message on what may come next in Iran. The Israeli security insider and chairman of the Israel Defense and Security Forum says conditions could soon be in place for Iranians to rise up safely against the Islamic Republic. But, he says, Israel and the US would first assess whether those conditions had truly been met — and would remain overhead in the skies, with drones and advanced capabilities, to protect the people of Iran. “Above their heads, there will be Israeli drones and American capabilities defending them from the air, and any attempt to hit the Iranian people will be met by an attack,” Avivi told Eye for Iran. Then, what could Washington do next? Investigative journalists Jay Solomon of The Free Press and David Patrikarakos, special correspondent for the Daily Mail, join us to discuss the next phase. Solomon says his sources in Washington indicate the Trump administration wants to secure the more than 400 kilograms of unaccounted-for highly enriched uranium. But with Pickaxe Mountain believed to be so deeply buried, an aerial mission alone may not be enough — raising the possibility of US ground…

People in this episode

Guests: Amir Avivi, Jay Solomon, David Patrikarakos

Topics covered

• Iran uprising
• Israeli security
• US foreign policy
• nuclear materials
• Middle East tensions

Keywords

• Iran
• uprising
• Israeli drones
• US military
• nuclear uranium

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Israel Defense and Security Forum, The Free Press, Daily Mail

Places: Iran, Israel, United States, Pickaxe Mountain

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