Former CIA analyst David McCloskey keeps writing spy thrillers and the plots keep coming true. His latest book, The Persian, opens with an Israeli surprise attack on Iran.

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Six UN resolutions against Iran are automatically revived by the West as Iran and Russia call the move ‘null and void’.

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