VICE — Season 1, Episode 9: Maximum Pressure & The Unreachables

Episode synopsis

Iran has experienced one of the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks. VICE founder Suroosh Alvi takes an in-depth look at the role of sanctions and mismanagement in the country's fate, including an exclusive interview with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Two years after the controversial migrant family-separation crisis sparked nationwide outrage, correspondent Antonia Hylton follows the ACLU as they work across borders to reunite families who were torn apart.

About VICE

The Emmy®-winning documentary series is now on SHOWTIME, delivering immersive reporting from the frontlines of global conflicts, civil uprisings and beyond, and tackling untold and complex geopolitical stories from all corners of the globe.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Keepers of the Caliphate & SIM Kids
• E2India Burning & Russia's Fight Factory
• E3Battle for Idlib & Seeking Solitude
• E4Warning from Wuhan & Cuban Hostage Crisis
• E5Quitting WeWork & Losing Ground & Italy's Darkest Hour
• E6Three Borders, One War & Generation TikTok
• E7Fighting COVID & Atomic Atolls
• E8Terror in the Sahel & Corona Crash
• E10Death at Parchman & Undocumented
• E11Viral Racism & Spring Break Forever
• E12Citizen’s Unrest & Brazil’s “Little Flu” & Know Your Enemy
• E13Crackdown in Cambodia & The Last Responders