This article originally appeared in The Free Press. Below is an excerpt from the article.
By Casey Babb, December 10, 2025
It was easy to miss something Benjamin Netanyahu said a day after approving the strike against Iran’s nuclear program in June. “We have indications that senior leaders in Iran are already packing their bags. They sense what’s coming,” the Israeli prime minister said.
Videos on social media showed vehicles speeding across a tarmac and passenger planes leaving Tehran’s main airport—signs that Netanyahu’s intelligence was likely correct.
If anyone did make a run for it, though, where did they go?
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Dr. Casey Babb is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Center for North American Prosperity and Security, a fellow with the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, and an adviser with Secure Canada in Toronto.
