Menace in Disguise
Iran's standing on the world stage, and in its relationship to the United States in particular, is the focus of the documentary Menace in Disguise, a searing and informative portrait of the single largest supporter of global terrorism.
The country has grabbed headlines in recent years for its consistent unpredictability, and for the US-led Iran nuclear deal which was drafted in 2015. That deal has proven controversial and inflammatory in several prominent circles. Current President Donald Trump calls it the worst deal he has ever witnessed. Others feel that it merely represents a brief reprieve from the inevitable, and question whether Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei can ultimately be trusted to adhere to its demands. The film offers a panel of experts, including former United Nations ambassadors and other foreign relations specialists, who provide a thought-provoking analysis of the deal's potential shortcomings.
The filmmakers insist that with or without a deal, Iran's desire to increase their nuclear capabilities is unquestionable, and creates a growing sense of instability in the Middle East and around the world. In many instances detailed in the film, the country has chosen to expand their sphere of influence by supporting the heinous actions of terrorist franchises such as Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah. The film also explores the distressing phenomenon of ISIS, a scourge which has suspiciously left the country undisturbed during their ongoing reign of terror. Why has Iran been immune to the world's most prominent terrorist organization? In the words of one of the film's interview subjects, the country "has done a masterful job of exporting extremism, but they don't allow it at home."
Meanwhile, Iran continues to mount bold provocations against the United States, and critics claim they've been empowered to do so in the absence of meaningful retaliation. The film's recounting of the relationship between these two countries is one of its most intriguing points of interest. Heralded as the greatest of allies by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, they are now embroiled in an increasingly volatile exchange that could lead to catastrophic consequences for many regions of the world.
Menace in Disguise weaves a frightening and relevant narrative.
these earlier comments are bs now
2025 and here we are
Pure rubbish. The worst garbage I ever watched. My tolerance was only 7 minutes. So Iran is building ICBMs to attack us here, in the US? Oh My God.
And how this doc got 7.09 star rating again?
My God! This documentary is pure propaganda in Leni Riefenstahl style! The makers of this should be ashamed. The portrayal of Iran is the same that American ‘mainstream media’ use with every country America covets, and wants to steal resources from, and then illegally attacks in wars of aggression. What happened and why in 1979 is not even explained. How did Shah Reza Pahlavi become a ‘king’ is a country that had a democratically elected leader going back to Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953? This is utter drivel and just another example of how so many parts of American media work to maintain their empire of violence and murder of innocents across the worlds. Utterly shameful stuff!
Where did you get all this bull-sh*t. Get your facts together before you open the trap. This documentary is base on lies, not on facts. You can dupe some Americans last times but can not dupe them this time again. But who knows since people like you (neocon) think Americans are a bunch of dopes that can be duped into believing anything.
Iran is a Shia country. They do not support sunni torrorist groups like al-queda, the taliban or isis, but guess who does.
Isis-Sunni---Al Queda-Sunni--- 911 Terrorist-Sunni--- Saudi Arabia-Sunni--- Wake up America!!! And who is radicalizing Muslims in the US and in Europe? Yes. It is the Sunni Isis and the Sunni Al Queda--Wake up America!!! Who is the real enemy - the Sunni or the Shia?
The hypocricy of this administration. Where did the 9/11 terrorist come from? Yes. They came from Saudi Arabia (Sunni Country). But Saudi Arabia is not on the list of countries that can not travel to the USA. Scary isn’t it.
The neocon are back. Trump is being manipulated by them.
Bolton is one of them. Take out the war drums, we have to dupe the dopes in America Again. Next stop is Iran. The military industrial complex needs to feed on our federal budget (tax revenues) Remember Iraq.(In the Trillions)
The day after 9/11 I was watching CNN and was aghast when an American citizen being interviewed made the following remarkable statement, "Why are they doing this to us? What have we done to them?"
As a Canadian, I cannot believe the lack of knowledge displayed by the average American citizen who seems to believe all the bull s*** put out by government and government think tanks. This documentary is a shining example. Pure crap!
Iran is the biggest supporter of global terrorism?!
Who supported and funded Al-Qaeda, Taliban, ISIS?
Who is the biggest Ally of Saudi Arabia, which beheads ppl just for speaking out?
Who dropped nuclear Bombs in cities and burned a whole country to the ground?
Who Supports Israel, who kills Journalists and medics and children in broad daylight?
Iran? no! it's the USA
The USA is the biggest supporter of Global Terrorism in the world.
Unfortunately every country has a few too many of the type which should be looking much closer to the bottom of a basket having felt a tickle at the back of their neck from a guillotine. A few too many of those have spent time at or near the highest office in the usa, iran, saudi arabia, israel, ussr, china, uk, france, germany, several asian and african countries, and others.
When do the sane people of any country want war, if they know the truth? ...which is the first casualty, before any war even begins. Of all the problems the world is purported to face, none compares to that of the lying vermin who seek power and advantage over others.
As an American who fought in Afghanistan alongside our "secret" Iranian Allies who at the time helped us by fighting along us and funding the Northern Alliance that helped us take the Taliban down. This is the worst piece of propaganda I have seen in many years. Additionally, do the morons who created this document not see the irony in having a former Saudi Arabian ambassador from the U.S. accusing Iran of funding every terrorist group known to man and he did not even say a bloody word about the Saudi connections to 9/11 and the Wahhabi extremists which come out of that rat hole of a country? While I live in Europe, I have travelled and worked extensively in the Middle East and continue to do so to this day.
I am no fan of the Iranian Mullah's that control the country of Iran, however these are Shiite Muslims and they despise the Sunni-lead Arab world which has greater ties to terrorism than Iran has ever had. I have been to Iran 3 times in my life, once when I was 6 years old while my Dad was working as a consultant for Texaco that was involved in oil exploration in the country in the mid-70's, and I have been there two times in the past 6 years, and what most people do not realize is Iran has the largest number of woman who are medical doctors or have PhDs compared to ANY country in the Middle East.
Woman can actually drive, vote, go to school and while the society is not perfect just go to Saudi Arabia and see how these backwards camel herders, regardless of how many of them are wealthy sheiks, they are one of the most backwards Middle Eastern countries I've ever been too, don't even get me started on how Saudi men treat their many wives, household slaves from Bangladesh and Indonesia but also the weekly state-sponsored executions of simple victimless crimes. I assume they cannot say anything negative about Saudi Arabia and their complicity in supporting very right-wing Islamic terrorists groups such as Al-Qaeda, ISIS, The Muslim Brotherhood, etc... Seemingly the sole purpose of this "documentary" I would argue is setting up a big straw-man argument for toppling Iran's government. Notice how they always refer to our enemies such as Iran as "Regimes" even though they do hold elections there and while they might not be the most democratic, I can't really say the U.S. is really that much better with its one party, the Republicrats!!! No real choices in good ole "freedom-loven U.S.A." when it comes to elections there???
In sum, this "documentary" smells just like all the propaganda that was shoved down our throats for the second gulf war in Iraq however if this is yet another staging ground preparing people mentally for yet another illegal war in the Middle East, I promise you that if the U.S. decides to take on Iran, they are sadly misguided. First China and Russia will not stand for it and they will arm the hell out of Iran to defeat us. Secondly Iran is way more prepared for such an invasion. Third and most importantly, with our military shaken and demoralized from 20 years of unnecessary wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq, I am not sure the American people and certainly not our young military men and women will be ready to jump on such a fool-hearten and dangerous undertaking. Notice you cannot leave any comments on these bonehead's YouTube website? What a joke of a documentary as it is probably funded by the Heritage foundation or Cato institute. Apologies for my long rant, this just irritates the hell out of me.
This is propaganda by all means
Pure propaganda. Israel and Saudi Arabia are the real cancers in the region.
Thanks for all the Leftist, socialist comments below, I now trust - even more - the contents of the film. Soros hire you to comment here? Trolls!
What an absolute load of american propaganda bullsh*t, do you expect anyone to believe this cr*p.
Yo need to look at your friends the Saudis,you know those guys you sell all the arms to.
Obvious lies that anyone with even a elementary knowledge of the area can see through. Operates with impunity? are you sure you are not talking about Israel? Supported the 9/11 bombers? Really? Surely you mean Saudi Arabia here. what a bunch of bull.
Surely Saudi Arabia is the largest supporter of global terrorism???
Which "international filmmakers" made this propaganda movie? I cant find a name of a single one of them . Can anyone help with some names?
This is just ridiculous, majority of 9/11 attackers are Saudi citizens the real sponsor of terror. funny how the subtitles are in Arabic. Why has coup against Mohammad Mosaddeq not been mentioned? Whitewashed american history.
My faith in humanity is restored by these comments.
PPBS ... Pure Propaganda Bull Shite ...
lost my faith in the stars rating
This movie is just a propaganda and full of lies. As an ex expatriate Iranian living in exile I hate the GOV of Iran. But everyone knows that Iranian regime is the enemy of ISIS. On the other hand, Saudi regime is not any better than Iranian regime and everyone know they are the founders and supporters of ISIS. Next time you try to make a bull**** movie of lies hire a better director.
propaganda!
This is a propaganda media... They are talking about International Law when it comes to Iran, however, there are dozens and dozens of violation by Israel and yet no peep out of any news organization.. This is a pure Bull**** report..
It seems to me the description here in the video has been greatly misplaced.
Is it possible that whoever did the research for the video mistook Saudi Arabia with Iran?
I literally felt physically ill after two minutes of watching this video. I agree almost all of the written comments above. This documentary is intended to sway the minds of the public and attempt to justify another (unnecessary, and costly) war. It saddens me to think that there are people out there that still eat this rubbish up. Sleep-walkers is what I call them. Blinded by the false knowledge (half-truths) of a tailored educational system, government manipulated news, and narrow-minded attitudes of many societies. When you think "money is the route of all evil", it becomes pretty easy to understand, without having to do research, a lot of the torment, corruption, manipulation, and silencing that goes on.