Targeting Iran

Targeting Iran is a 2013 documentary film "designed to help Western audiences understand the complexities of historic and contemporary U.S./Iranian relations in an effort to derail potential military action."^[1] Based on the 2007 book of the same name by David Barsamian, the film "seeks to elucidate the myths and popular misconceptions surrounding Iran's nuclear aspirations."^[2]

Portland filmmaker Andy Norris^[3] approached Barsamian about making a film based on the book after seeing him give a reading at the Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita, Oregon in October 2007.^[1] Visual footage of contemporary Iran was provided by travel writer Rick Steves.^[4]

• MIT's Jim Walsh
• Trita Parsi
• Noam Chomsky
• Dr. Vandana Shiva
• Stephen Kinzer
• David Barsamian
• Nahid Mozaffari
• Nazila Fathi

Targeting Iran was included in the lineup of the 2013/2014 season of the Noor Iranian Film Festival.^[5]

Willamette Week gave the film a "Critic's Score" of 'C', saying "Targeting Iran is a classic case of TMI: Norris tries to pack a 272-page book into 71 minutes of film, and the resulting documentary starts to burst at the seams."^[6]

• Views on the nuclear program of Iran

• Targeting Iran at IMDb
• Targeting Iran promotional video on YouTube