Tehran Confidential (2025)

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or IRGC is the protector of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the military arm of the Supreme Leader. Also known as the Pasdaran, this deep-state mafia comprising 120,000 men has extensive powers, ensuring bloody repression of the people. No strangers to smuggling and trafficking, the IRGC’s economic empire is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The Supreme Leader Khomeini has allowed the organization to infiltrate the state and its members are now mayors, members of parliament and ministers, cultivating their networks at the highest levels. The IRGC is responsible for Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and cultivates not only the art of deterrence, but also a strategy of asymmetrical warfare via the militias and terrorist organizations they finance, arm, and control across the Middle East.

Released July 1, 2025 102 min Episode 51 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.dictatorship, tmdb.iran, tmdb.history, tmdb.arab-israeli-conflict, tmdb.policy

Production Companies: Program 33

Network: ARTE

Country: France
Production Country: France
Languages: English, French