Foreign Correspondent Season 2025 Episode 23 - Israel v Iran: Unfinished Business

Airdate: 2025-Sep-30

Episode summary:

In Iran's capital Tehran an uneasy calm has returned to the streets. For 12 days in June the world held its breath as Israel and Iran - two mortal enemies - traded blows. Israel's main targets were Iran's nuclear facilities, key Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists. The US joined in, dropping bunker bombs on Iran's underground nuclear facilities.  On Foreign Correspondent reporter Jonathan Miller has been granted rare access to the Islamic Republic to find out whether Israel, the region and the world is any safer. He visits the places bombed by the Israelis and meets family members and neighbours of those killed in the attacks. The accuracy of Israel's targets inside Iran were evidence of what Iranian authorities called "unprecedented infiltration" by the Israelis. Now the regime is relentlessly hunting for spies with trials and executions being fast tracked. The Foreign Ministry spokesman tells Jonathan the executions are justifiable because "no nation allows betrayal."     Jonathan also travels to Israel where a former senior Mossad chief explains how Israel's intelligence operates on the ground in Iran. It's not deep cover agents, he says, but "expendable" people who are willing to work for money.  What becomes clear as Jonathan travels between the two nations is that no-one believes this war is over. 

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