The KGB Double Agent Who Stopped Armageddon with Ben McIntyre

<p>This is an extraordinary story of espionage, betrayal and an unlikely friendship between spies on opposite sides - and of a man who risked his life and shaped the course of history, for a deeply personal and unlikely reason. In 1981, Washington feared a Soviet takeover of Iran could trigger military intervention and potentially a nuclear war. A KGB officer - Vladimir Kouzichkin - was stationed in revolutionary Iran. He was codenamed Agent Redwood and worked with British intelligence to expose the Soviet Union's operations in Iran... in exchange for a cure to a very private medical problem.</p><br><p>Ben McIntyre's new book is called Redwood: The Most Extraordinary Spy of the Cold War and is out now!</p><br><p>Produced by Mariana Des Forges and edited by Dougal Patmore.</p><br><p>Listen to The Iranian Embassy Siege with Ben Macintyre:</p><p>Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Yn4pGGxsG1YLI90kf4Uk…: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/the-iranian-emba… Snow's History Hit is now available on YouTube! Check it out at: <a href="youtube.com/@DSHHPodcast"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">youtube.com/@DSHHPodcast</a></p>&l… up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a>.&… can also email the podcast directly at <a href="mailto:ds.hh@historyhit.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ds.hh@historyhit.com</a>.</p><br><p>Dan Snow's History Hit is a History Hit podcast.</p><p>History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™.</p>

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