How a a long time of sabotage and brinkmanship over Iran’s nuclear programme erupted into the 2026 US-Israeli battle on Iran.
What led to the battle?
On February 28, 2026, the US and Israel launched large strikes on Iran, claiming an imminent nuclear risk.
This movie traces how the world reached this level after greater than three a long time of shadow battle over “the bomb”.
Israel has tried to dam 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 recordsdata.
Iran insists uranium enrichment is its sovereign proper and key to nationwide identification and regional energy.
As Israel pounded Iran’s nuclear services in June 2025 and systematically weakened its allies in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, nuclear talks continued in Geneva. Iran was edging in the direction of diluting weapons-grade uranium – however Israel wasn’t ready to attend, and pulled Washington into open battle whose international penalties are solely now starting to unfold.
Printed On 25 Jun 2026
