HispanicBusiness.com - "The Iranian Threat" ("La Amenaza Irani"), a documentary that looks at Iran's growing political, economic and military ties in Latin American, will premiere Dec. 8 on the Univision Network, according to a news release from Univision.


Narrated by Univision News co-anchor Maria Elenas Salinas, the documentary also looks at the threat Iran's ties pose to the Latin American regions and the United States.

According to the news release, "The documentary, which was produced in collaboration with Univision News' Investigative unit, reveals exclusive findings, including secret video and audio recordings that provide a rare window into an alleges Iranian-backed cyber attack against the United States from Mexico."

The release said the documentary also features unseen video footage from extremists linked to Iran and an interview with an undercover journalist who infiltrated clandestine military training camps in Venezuela.

"'La Amenaza Irani' showcases the inner workings of terrorist networks," according to Juan Rendon, director of Documentales Univision, which produced the documentary, "and depicts the threat posed to the United States as well as Latin American."

The release says a team of journalists spent months tracking the expansion of Iranian interests in the hemisphere -– "including money-laundering and drug-trafficking activities by terrorist groups supported by Iran."

The release also noted that the journalist obtained unpublished videos of a failed bomb attack against New York's JFK airport and covert recordings of an alleged Iranian plan to cripple computer systems in the White House, the FBI, the CIA and several nuclear power plants.

The program will air at 10 p.m. EST and PST, and 9 p.m. Central on the Univision Network. It will be broadcast with English and Spanish subtitles via closed captions.