Directed by Ilan Ziv • Documentary • With Benjamin Netanyahu;Ehud Barak;Javad Mansouri;Ofer Nimrodi;Shimon Peres;Leon Panetta;Taisir Qasir;Ehud Olmert;Col. Laurence Wilkerson • 2026 • 55 minutes
In the 1970s, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi saw himself as a modern Cyrus. Like the ancient Persian king he would preside over an empire and return Iran to its ancient glory. But the Shah, installed and backed by the United States, was also a ruthless dictator presiding over an authoritarian state that brutalized its own citizens. This episode retraces the military and civilian co-operation among Israelis, Americans, and Iranians — Israel built dams and advised the Iranian secret police, the U.S. supplied arms and encouraged the Iranian nuclear industry. Neither country was prepared for the Islamic Revolution, that would lead to a dramatic realignment of regional power.
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