Iran

FRONTLINE examines how Israel ended up fighting wars in Gaza and Iran — and the role of the United States. From filmmakers James Jacoby and Anya Bourg, the documentary traces Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long campaign to defeat Iran, the conflict with the Palestinians, and Netanyahu’s difficult relations with the U.S. over peace and Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Facing danger, risking persecution. Witnesses and survivors reveal the truth about anti-government protests in Iran, from 2009's contested election to the fight for women's rights.

Pays carrefour, nation divisée, l’Iran se relève d’un siècle de convulsions politiques. La crise du nucléaire a révélé sa volonté de puissance à la face du monde. Pour la première fois, ce film remontera cent ans d’histoire iranienne, jusqu’aux sources de la confrontation de l’Iran aux puissances occidentales.
De 1908 à 2008, de la découverte du pétrole à la crise du nucléaire, voici un voyage spectaculaire au cœur d’un pays et d’un peuple, une fresque colorée qui privilégie le dialogue avec l’histoire vécue, qui dévoile les images d’archives et les documents d’époque, et qui donne surtout la parole aux témoins (l’ancien président de la République iranienne Hachemi Rafsandjani, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Hubert Védrine, etc.), aux Iraniennes et aux Iraniens d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. Un regard croisé, sans préjugés et sans concessions, d’eux sur nous, de nous sur eux.

From the devastating war in Syria, to the crisis in Yemen, to continuing turmoil in Iraq, much of today's widespread violence across the Middle East has been portrayed as part of an ancient battle between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam. In Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia, FRONTLINE tells the epic, inside story of how this dangerous feud has plunged the Middle East into unprecedented levels of violence - with exclusive, on-the-ground reporting from inside both countries as well as Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, and Lebanon. Bitter Rivals illuminates the essential history - and profound ripple effect - of Iran and Saudi Arabia's power struggle.

In the football World Cup 20 years ago, Iran and the USA came face to face in one of the most politically charged matches in history. Relations between the two countries had been hostile for two decades. Pressure on the players to prove themselves on the pitch was intense and would result in a thrilling game watched by millions. But what aren't widely known are the stories behind the scenes - an al Qaeda plot, the attempted sabotage of the game by an anti-Iranian government group and an intervention by Iran's Supreme Leader that caused a headache for match officials.

Inside the heart of the BBC Persian newsroom in London, as the team covers unrest in Iran.

The BBC documentary about the Shah, The last monarch of IRAN, which his rule end with the 1979 revolution in Iran.

Filmed in secret over the course of a year revealing the extent of the on-going human rights abuses taking place in Iran. Following the death last year of Jina Mahsa Amini after she allegedly flouted the country's strict dress code, Iran erupted into widespread protests. In the wake of this uprising,

A documentary about Iran's former national car, the Paykan, and its impact on the Iranian society during the past 50 years.