The podcast host and author of The Persian reflects on why Israel’s precision in Iran caught him off guard The podcast host and author of The Persian reflects on why Israel’s precision in Iran caught him off guard A s the author of a novel depicting the Mossad ’s snatch-and-assassination squads inside Iran, David McCloskey was less shocked than most by the stunning killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , the theocratic regime’s most powerful figure, in a strike carried out by Israel. What caught