Some wars develop like a quiet fire that nobody notices until it suddenly engulfs a building. That may be the story of Iran today.

The Iranian regime's anti-American covert actions have been going on for years and seem to be escalating. Attacks by the Taliban in Afghanistan that are abetted by Tehran and attacks by Iranian agents in Iraq are manifold. What is new is the US's apparent willingness to fight back more directly. This is a turnaround from the earlier policy of the Obama Administration to engage and placate the mullah regime.

Michael Ledeen reports two explosions today in Iran, adding to the list of mysterious calamities that some are linking to Israel's Mossad. Iran probably is not publicizing the setbacks because they expose Iran's vulnerabilities. Today's explosions hit an oil refinery and a Revolutionary Guards site.

Mr. Ledeen, who has followed Iran for years, believes that domestic opposition is behind the explosions. However, who can say at this point? With the Iranian currency in a 15 percent drop in the past three days, the citizens of Iran certainly have plenty of economic as well as political and cultural grievances against the regime.

"Even before the steep drop of the rial over the past three days," Thomas Erdbring reports in The Washington Post,
"Iranians appeared increasingly to be losing faith in their currency. In recent weeks, customers have formed long lines to buy gold, forcing the government to halt all direct official sales last week.

"'People fear that the government is running out of money, and they are taking their measures,' said Hadi Lari, an economist."

Meanwhile, ABC is unusual among major media in reporting on development of the so-far covert war.