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Iran's Assassins | The Heritage War | Horse Racing Reform?
TV Flash files “Iran's Assassins | The Heritage War | Horse Racing Reform?” as hour 682 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 56, episode 9, aired 2023-11-12, 60 min.
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This leaf is S56E09: listed hour 682 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 9 of 31 in season 56. It aired 2023-11-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “John Eastman | Our Mistake is Your Responsibility | Monkey Island | The Last Minute” (S56E08). Next is “Disappeared | The Stand | The Underboss | Africatown” (S56E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Iran's Assassins –While Iran's backing of Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon is widely known, the regime is quietly carrying out a shadow war in the U.S. and Europe, deploying proxy assassins to silence or eliminate critics of the regime. Britain's head of counter-terrorism policing,Matt Jukes, tells correspondent Lesley Stahl they're noticing a significant uptick in Iran's efforts. In the U.S., Stahl meets some of the targets, including former White House national security adviser John Bolton and Iranian American activist Masih Alinejad. Shachar Bar-On is the producer. The Heritage War –CorrespondentBill Whitaker reports from Kyiv on Russia's continued war and what Ukrainians say is the deliberate destruction and looting of the country's museums, churches and monuments – a strategy believed to come straight from the Kremlin – and a potential war crime. Whitaker tours the remains of shelled churches and bombed libraries, and speaks with museum workers who are risking their lives to save Ukraine's heritage. Heather Abbott is the producer. Horse Racing Reform? –As the Justice Department winds down one of the biggest horse doping investigations in U.S. history, correspondent Cecilia Vega examines the wiretaps that helped solve the case and convict dozens of veterinarians, horse trainers and drug distributors. Lisa Lazarus, the woman heading up the new national regulator tasked with cleaning up horse racing, sits down with Vega to discuss the moment of reckoning and the sport's future. Sarah Koch is the producer.
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Where does Iran's Assassins | The Heritage War | Horse Racing Reform? sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S56E09 is listed hour 682 of 767 — hour 9 of 31 in season 56, season 56 episode 9.
When did 60 Minutes S56E09 air?
Iran's Assassins | The Heritage War | Horse Racing Reform? aired 2023-11-12 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 56
- S56E01 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado
- S56E02 CARE Court | Bankrolling the War | Hanging On
- S56E03 The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
- S56E04 The Godfather of AI | General Milley | Rich Paul | 3D Printing
- S56E05 President Biden | Rescue at the Kibbutz | The 50
- S56E06 The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man