Iran, Israel and the Bomb
What led to the war?
- Documentary
Overview
On February 28, 2026, the US and Israel launched massive strikes on Iran, claiming an imminent nuclear threat. This film traces how the world reached this point after more than three decades of shadow war over “the bomb”. Israel has tried to block Tehran’s nuclear drive with sabotage, assassinations and cyberwar – from the Stuxnet virus wrecking Natanz centrifuges to the AI-assisted killing of nuclear programme “father” Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, and a commando raid stealing 1.5 tonnes of secret nuclear archive files. Iran insists uranium enrichment is its sovereign right and key to national identity and regional power. As Israel pounded Iran’s nuclear facilities in June 2025 and systematically weakened its allies in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, nuclear talks continued in Geneva. Iran was edging towards diluting weapons-grade uranium – but Israel wasn’t prepared to wait, and pulled Washington into open war whose global consequences are only now beginning to unfold.
Keywords
- nuclear weapons
- secret intelligence service
- nuclear bomb
- palestinian-israeli conflict
- intelligence service
- israeli defense force
- tactical nuclear warfare
- nuclear deterrent policy
- nuclear warfare
- state of israel
- nuclear disarmament
- israeli palestinian conflict
- nuclearism
- israeli military
- iranian intelligence service
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 12, 2026
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- english, french, hebrew, persian
- Countries
- France
- Production
- France Télévisions,Java Films,Nova Production,Al Jazeera Documentaries,Nova Production, France Télévisions, Java Films, Al Jazeera Documentaries
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt39730578