ITV Greenlights Zandland Documentary “Inside Iran: War & Revolution,” Filmed Undercover During Anti-Regime Protests and U.S. Conflict

ITV has greenlit a one-off documentary, “Inside Iran: War & Revolution,” from UK-based doc studio Zandland, according to an exclusive report by Deadline. The film is described as taking an undercover approach to filming and reporting from inside Iran, following events that unfolded during anti-regime protests in 2025 and 2026 and, more recently, a separate period of conflict involving the United States.

Deadline reports that the documentary is set up to include testimony from journalists and civilians who experienced the protests and subsequent conflict. The project’s premise, as characterized in the report, is that gaining access to events from within Iran required filmmakers to operate undercover, a method intended to allow subjects to speak and to show what they witnessed during fast-moving and high-risk conditions.

The announcement positions the ITV-Zandland collaboration as the latest in a line of prior work between the two companies. Deadline notes that the new documentary follows another ITV-Zandland production, “Breaking Ranks: Inside,” which it describes as BAFTA-nominated. Details about the earlier film’s subject matter, awards, or production timeline were not included in the reported summary.

Deadline’s report also frames the documentary’s coverage as spanning both domestic unrest and international tension. It says the film addresses protests against the Iranian regime during the 2025-2026 period and then moves to what it calls “more recently,” the conflict with the U.S., indicating a through-line from internal demonstrations to a broader geopolitical confrontation.

Because the report describes events in broad terms rather than naming specific incidents, dates, or locations, the publicly stated outline does not, on its face, provide a precise chronology of the undercover filming or a list of individuals whose testimony will appear. The article does indicate that the filmmakers will include first-person accounts from journalists and civilians, but it does not include identifying information or direct quotations in the summary.

ITV and Zandland have not, in the Deadline item, provided a release date, runtime, or distribution details beyond describing the project as a one-off documentary for ITV. The report also does not specify whether ITV will release additional material such as trailers, formal episode descriptions, or viewing-platform information ahead of broadcast.

The project arrives as broadcasters continue to seek international reporting formats that can be made safely and responsibly under restrictive conditions. In this case, the reported use of an undercover filming approach emphasizes access and witness accounts, while also raising practical questions that typically accompany high-risk productions, such as how filmmakers protect sources and verify testimony, though those safeguards were not described in the announcement.

As ITV’s plans move from greenlight to production and post-production, the next publicly expected milestones will be casting and contributor confirmations, editorial disclosures (if any), and an announcement of the film’s broadcast or streaming schedule. For audiences, the reported scope suggests a documentary that attempts to connect domestic protest dynamics in Iran with the later period of conflict involving the United States, using firsthand testimony as its core reporting method.