{"id":313878,"date":"2026-01-30T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-cia-analyst-trump-likely-to-attack-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:00:03","slug":"former-cia-analyst-trump-likely-to-attack-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-cia-analyst-trump-likely-to-attack-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Former CIA analyst: Trump likely to attack Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/7zwRNPyFXlE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Former CIA analyst: Trump likely to attack Iran\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7zwRNPyFXlE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A US carrier group is racing toward Iran. Trump\u2019s statements are swinging between threats and vague offers of a nuclear deal. Inside Tehran, unrest is spreading, and the regime\u2019s most powerful security institutions are showing strain. But how much do Western intelligence services really know about what comes next, and how dangerous is this moment?<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of The Fourcast, Paul McNamara talks to David McCloskey, a former CIA analyst who spent years covering Syria, Iraq and Iran from inside the Agency. 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