A KGB major in Tehran, code-named Redwood, defected to MI6 not for ideology or cash—but because he needed Western medicine to fix his impotence. His plea to the British embassy led to a shocking intelligence windfall: over 100 spy names and a blueprint for a Soviet-backed coup. Despite MI6’s attempt to help with “red pills” (iron and vitamins), the stress of defection and marital woes pushed him toward full exfiltration—successfully extracted to Britain in 1982. His post-defection life? Mostly unknown. But his story? A wild, human twist in Cold War espionage.
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