The One Tactical Model That Could End the Iran War (Special Ops Intel Officer Jonathan Hackett) from Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

The One Tactical Model That Could End the Iran War (Special Ops Intel Officer Jonathan Hackett)

1 hour 6 minutes Posted Jul 8, 2026 at 9:30 pm.

) Explaining Iran in one sentence

) Mirror imaging the regime

) The experience gap at the negotiating table

) A broken decision-making process

) Losing our intelligence assets in Iran

) Where the nuclear program really stands

) Why an executive agreement won't hold

) The truth about Iranian sleeper cells

) What Americans get wrong about Iran

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On this week's episode of Change Agents, Andy Stumpf welcomes Jonathan Hackett to unpack the escalating conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

He is a retired U.S. Marine Corps interrogator, counterintelligence agent, and special operations intelligence officer who ran assignments for the NSA, DIA, and Special Operations Command, and is the author of Iran: Shadow Weapons, Covert Action, Intelligence Operations, and Unconventional Warfare.

Co-host the podcast Eyes on Geopolitics: @EyesOnGeopoliticsPod

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