Showdown With Iran (2007)

As the United States and Iran are locked in a battle for power and influence across the Middle Eastwith the fear of an Iranian nuclear weapon looming in the backgroundFRONTLINE gains unprecedented access to Iranian hardliners shaping government policy including parliament leader Hamid Reza Hajibabaei National Security Council member Mohammad Jafari and state newspaper editor Hossein Shariatmadari In this report FRONTLINE examines how US efforts to install democracy in Iraq have served to strengthen Irans position as an emerging power in the Middle East