Iran’s Shadow Weapons

Jonathan W. Hackett is a U.S. Marine with two decades of experience. He has held positions at the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Marine Forces Special Operations Command, and the Marine Corps operating forces prior to teaching full spectrum human intelligence operations and security cooperation in Dam Neck, Virginia.

Jonathan W. Hackett
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages:
Bibliographic Info: ca. 35 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2025
pISBN: 978-1-4766-9693-5
eISBN: 978-1-4766-5600-7
Imprint: McFarland

“Rich in details and excellently referenced, Jonathan Hackett’s Iran’s Shadow Weapons is fated to become a standard reference work on Iran’s security bodies. Few Western analysts have been able to capture the inner workings of these diverse organizations so well, putting them in proper historical context while explaining them as part of the Iranian regime’s complex rationale for survival. Well-versed in the universe of security and military affairs, Hackett takes us through the formation and structure of Iran’s feared agencies and their gruesome track-record around the world. A must-read for anybody who wants to understand why and how the Islamic Republic of Iran has become a major security headache for governments the world over.”—Arash Azizi, Ph.D., contributing writer, the Atlantic author of What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom and Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the U.S. & Iran’s Global Ambitions