Burglaries, hacking, targeted assassinations – Since the mid-2000s, Israeli intelligence services have been carrying out spectacular operations all the way to Iran. The goal: to derail by any means the military nuclear program of Tehran. In this race for the bomb, as told by the documentary by Miyuki Droz and Sylvain Lepetit, all means seem to be allowed.
The Islamic Republic of Iran finances a network of classified terrorist militias to attack Israel, such as Hamas in the Gaza Strip or Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel believes that Tehran is dangerously close to the nuclear threshold and, on June 13, 2025, this secret war turned into open war, ending with the intervention of the American aviation and the bombing of underground Iranian nuclear plants.
To recount these two decades of espionage that led to a lightning war, the directors had access to key actors and witnesses: former chief of Israeli intelligence or guards of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran. To visualize this story, where we follow Israeli commandos in action and where we penetrate into the heart of Iranian nuclear plants, the documentary uses animations that take an aerial view and allow to tell the behind-the-scenes of these operations. The documentary weaves together stories worthy of spy movies with the geopolitical analysis of current events in the Middle East.
