Inside the US-Iran Shadow War for Control of the Middle East

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Published 2021-06-16
Back in March we sent a crew, including VICE Founder Suroosh Alvi, to Iran. We wanted to do a story about a rash of assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists - most recently Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of the country’s nuclear program. We ended up getting unprecedented access, from Tehran to Baghdad, into the sprawling shadow war between the US and Iran for the heart of the Middle East.

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All Comments (21)
  • Much better than “I eat Mac n cheese 24/7” documentaries..will start watching VICE again now
  • @ghostman6693
    This is like vice from the old days . No sensationalism , no hipster editorial.....pure behind the lines non partisan journalism .great work guys please keep these stories coming
  • @Notorious_conor
    No judgements, pure first hand information. Absolutely amazing 10/10 documentary
  • This is the vice I subscribed to a long time ago. Thanks for this.
  • @Yourczarmine
    “We are in a hotel in an undisclosed location in Tehran.” *camera immediately shows the view out the window for all the amateur geolocators out there”
  • Outstanding documentary!!!! I loved it. I also watched the one you made in Ghaza.
  • @jeremiahs585
    Feels like I'm a kid watching vice again. Thank god whoever you put in to create this gave it that original vice feeling 🙌
  • @ZivineYT
    40 minutes? Hold on let me grab some snackies
  • @eattheflag
    Listening to Suroosh is like stepping back in time with old school vice.
  • @jekin416
    Iran is totally heartbreaking...what a history, culture and civilization. Every Iranian I've met in Canada are excellent people
  • @FABESTAH
    It can be quite challenging to fully comprehend the various influences and factors at play in the Middle East, contributing to all the difficulties, disputes, and confrontations. To truly grasp the value and information provided by this documentary, one definitely must delve deeper, gather more information, and then revisit it with an enriched understanding, and only then can one form a well-founded opinion on the situation as a whole.
  • @richpryor9650
    The dude said kilometers and they translated it to miles, I'm fucking dead.
  • @birbtw0
    If you had to summarize geopolitics in the Middle East, I think your sentence would be perfect: "..the reality is a lot more complicated."
  • @3gbros943
    Thank you so much for the documentary.
  • Great documentary. The little comedy break starting with the joke about finishing the movie with the silly camera and then jokes about eating flamingos really tied it together.
  • @stevieb931
    I like how he interviewed like 10 high rank officials yet the US state department can't answer 1 question.
  • @BeirutBallin
    These documentaries are necessary to preserve the integrity of press worldwide. Keep pumping out these reports on foreign affairs, Vice!
  • @kumail17
    After watching this documentary I would say one thing for sure Irani and Iraqis are extremely difficult to beat. You might kill their team mates but they come out stronger and stronger.
  • @aka47269
    Iran is a lovely country people are so welcoming and friendly ❤ ❤️💚🖤