PART I
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Roel van Broekhoven
CORRESPONDENT AND PRODUCER
Thomas Erdbrink
EDITOR
Pelle Asselbergs
CAMERA
Jackó van t Hof
SOUND
Rik Meier
SENIOR PRODUCER FOR VPRO TV
Nicole Frints
SENIOR PRODUCER FOR FRONTLINE
David Fanning
ADDITIONAL CAMERA
Joost van Herwijnen
Azad Jafarian
ADDITIONAL SOUND
Mike van der Sluijs
Simone Galavazi
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Reinier Zoutendijk
COLORIST
Gerhard van der Beek
SOUND MIX
Joost Oskamp
PRODUCER AND RESEARCH, IRAN
Thomas Erdbrink
Meisam Jebelli
Ramin Mostaghim
Daisy Mohr
Azad Jafarian
Roya Emani
PRODUCER AND RESEARCH, U.S.
Thomas Erdbrink
Frederique Melman
Jessica Cran
Mahyar Alahyari
ARCHIVE RESEARCH
Barbara Kist
Jeroen Slot
ASSISTANT PRODUCERS
Joyce Feijen
Jeroen Mondria
Thomas Greven
Emma Magré
MUSIC
Peyman Yazdanian
Sebastian Studnitzky
Barobax
BMG Production Music
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
Associated Press
BBC
CBS News
CNN
Dutch Archive Polygoon
Getty Images
Instagram
ITN
MSNBC
Rudy Pahoyo
PBS
Visnews
YouTube
THANKS
Reysaneh Yar
SPECIAL THANKS
Newsha Tavakolian
Original funding for this program was provided by Public Television stations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, John and Helen Glessner Family Trust, FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler, additional support from Joseph Azrack and Abigail Congdon.
FOR FRONTLINE
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Megan McGough Christian
SENIOR PROMOTION
PRODUCER
Missy Frederick
ON-AIR PROMOTION EDITOR
Barry Clegg
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Joey Mullin
POST PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Kenzie Audette
Brenna Verre
FOR WGBH OUTPOST
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Deb Holland
EDITOR
Lindsey Rundell Denault
ONLINE EDITOR/COLORIST
David Bigelow
SENIOR ONLINE EDITOR/COLORIST
Jim Ferguson
DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION
Chris Fournelle
SENIOR DIRECTOR PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Tim Mangini
SERIES MUSIC
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY & AUDIENCE
Pamela Johnston
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Patrice Taddonio
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR
Katherine Griwert
DATA ANALYST
Ben Abrams
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Anne Husted
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Julia Rod
DIGITAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Gabrielle Berbey
EDITOR AND PRODUCER, AUDIO
Jeb Sharp
SERIES PRODUCER, AUDIO
Sophie McKibben
SERIES COORDINATING PRODUCER
Amy Gaines
ARCHIVES & RIGHTS MANAGER
John Campopiano
LEGAL
Eric Brass
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
SENIOR CONTRACTS MANAGER
Gianna DeGiulio
BUSINESS MANAGER
Sue Tufts
BUSINESS DIRECTOR
Mary Sullivan
SENIOR DEVELOPER
Ly Chheng
SENIOR DIGITAL DESIGNER
Dan Nolan
FRONTLINE/COLUMBIA
JOURNALISM SCHOOL FELLOWSHIPS
ABRAMS JOURNALISM FELLOWS
Nicole Einbinder
Anjali Tsui
TOW JOURNALISM FELLOW
Leila Miller
DIGITAL REPORTERS
Priyanka Boghani
Katie Worth
DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR
Miles Alvord
DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCER
Jason Kashdan
SENIOR DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCER
Michelle Mizner
SENIOR REPORTER & EDITOR
Sarah Childress
SENIOR STORY EDITOR
Lauren Ezell Kinlaw
POST COORDINATING PRODUCER
Robin Parmelee
DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL VIDEO
Carla Borras
SPECIAL COUNSEL
Dale Cohen
SENIOR EDITOR AT LARGE
Louis Wiley Jr.
MANAGING EDITOR
Andrew Metz
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Jim Bracciale
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AT LARGE
David Fanning
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Raney Aronson-Rath
Produced by VPRO Television, The Netherlands,
with Phanta Film for FRONTLINE
in association with The New York Times
© 2018 VPRO, Thomas Erdbrink
and WGBH Educational Foundation
All Rights Reserved
FRONTLINE is a production of WGBH/Boston, which is solely responsible for its content.
PART II
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Roel van Broekhoven
CORRESPONDENT AND PRODUCER
Thomas Erdbrink
EDITOR
Pelle Asselbergs
CAMERA
Jackó van t Hof
SOUND
Rik Meier
SENIOR PRODUCER FOR VPRO TV
Nicole Frints
SENIOR PRODUCER FOR FRONTLINE
David Fanning
ADDITIONAL CAMERA
Joost van Herwijnen
Azad Jafarian
ADDITIONAL SOUND
Mike van der Sluijs
Simone Galavazi
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Reinier Zoutendijk
COLORIST
Gerhard van der Beek
SOUND MIX
Joost Oskamp
PRODUCER AND RESEARCH, IRAN
Thomas Erdbrink
Meisam Jebelli
Ramin Mostaghim
Daisy Mohr
Azad Jafarian
Roya Emani
PRODUCER AND RESEARCH, U.S.
Thomas Erdbrink
Frederique Melman
Jessica Cran
Mahyar Alahyari
ARCHIVE RESEARCH
Barbara Kist
Jeroen Slot
ASSISTANT PRODUCERS
Joyce Feijen
Jeroen Mondria
Thomas Greven
Emma Magré
MUSIC
Peyman Yazdanian
Sebastian Studnitzky
Barobax
BMG Production Music
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
ANP
BBC
CNN
Dish Nation
Financial Times
Getty Images
Global News
Iranfreedom.org
MSNBC
NOS
Rudy Pahoyo
TMZ
Visnews
The Washington Post
THANKS
Reysaneh Yar
SPECIAL THANKS
Newsha Tavakolian
Original funding for this program was provided by public television stations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, John and Helen Glessner Family Trust, FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler, additional support from Joseph Azrack and Abigail Congdon.
FOR FRONTLINE
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Megan McGough Christian
SENIOR PROMOTION
PRODUCER
Missy Frederick
ON-AIR PROMOTION EDITOR
Barry Clegg
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Joey Mullin
POST PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Kenzie Audette
Brenna Verre
FOR WGBH OUTPOST
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Deb Holland
EDITOR
Lindsey Rundell Denault
ONLINE EDITOR/COLORIST
David Bigelow
SENIOR ONLINE EDITOR/COLORIST
Jim Ferguson
DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION
Chris Fournelle
SENIOR DIRECTOR PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Tim Mangini
SERIES MUSIC
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY & AUDIENCE
Pamela Johnston
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
Patrice Taddonio
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR
Katherine Griwert
DATA ANALYST
Ben Abrams
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Anne Husted
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Julia Rod
DIGITAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Gabrielle Berbey
EDITOR AND PRODUCER, AUDIO
Jeb Sharp
SERIES PRODUCER, AUDIO
Sophie McKibben
SERIES COORDINATING PRODUCER
Amy Gaines
ARCHIVES & RIGHTS MANAGER
John Campopiano
LEGAL
Eric Brass
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
SENIOR CONTRACTS MANAGER
Gianna DeGiulio
BUSINESS MANAGER
Sue Tufts
BUSINESS DIRECTOR
Mary Sullivan
SENIOR DEVELOPER
Ly Chheng
SENIOR DIGITAL DESIGNER
Dan Nolan
FRONTLINE/COLUMBIA
JOURNALISM SCHOOL FELLOWSHIPS
ABRAMS JOURNALISM FELLOWS
Nicole Einbinder
Anjali Tsui
TOW JOURNALISM FELLOW
Leila Miller
DIGITAL REPORTERS
Priyanka Boghani
Katie Worth
DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR
Miles Alvord
DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCER
Jason Kashdan
SENIOR DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCER
Michelle Mizner
SENIOR REPORTER & EDITOR
Sarah Childress
SENIOR STORY EDITOR
Lauren Ezell Kinlaw
POST COORDINATING PRODUCER
Robin Parmelee
DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL VIDEO
Carla Borras
SPECIAL COUNSEL
Dale Cohen
SENIOR EDITOR AT LARGE
Louis Wiley Jr.
MANAGING EDITOR
Andrew Metz
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Jim Bracciale
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AT LARGE
David Fanning
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Raney Aronson-Rath
Produced by VPRO Television, The Netherlands,
with Phanta Film for FRONTLINE
in association with The New York Times
© 2018 VPRO, Thomas Erdbrink
and WGBH Educational Foundation
All Rights Reserved
FRONTLINE is a production of WGBH/Boston, which is solely responsible for its content.
