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Iran's HEU | One Mother's Story | Wild Concerto

TV Flash files “Iran's HEU | One Mother's Story | Wild Concerto” as hour 761 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 58, episode 26, aired 2026-04-19, 60 min.

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This leaf is S58E26: listed hour 761 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 26 of 31 in season 58. It aired 2026-04-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Pope Leo's Church | Risk on the Road | What Happened to the Great White Sharks?” (S58E25). Next is “Shots Fired | Ben Sasse | The Pigeon Mafia” (S58E27). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Iran's HEU | One Mother's Story | Wild Concerto (S58E26)

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Iran's HEU – President Trump has threatened to take - or make a deal for - what remains of the regime's highly enriched uranium stockpile - a key component to building nuclear weapons. HEU removal operations can be high stakes and dangerous. Still, the U.S. has successfully done it before in 1994 – safely removing 600 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium from Kazakhstan after the fall of the Soviet Union. Correspondent Cecilia Vega reports on the covert operation, code-named Project Sapphire, and whether it could be the blueprint for how to get HEU out of Iran. Michael Karzis and Graham Messick are the producers.  One Mother's Story – Rachel Goldberg-Polin's son Hersh was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. On his 328th day in captivity, Hamas executed Hersh in a tunnel in Gaza. Now, Rachel Goldberg-Polin is trying to figure out how to live after losing her child. Anderson Cooper interviews Goldberg-Polin about Hersh and her grief, and speaks with Or Levy, a released hostage who was in captivity with Hersh, and credits him with helping to save his life. Katie Brennan is the producer.  Wild Concerto – Acclaimed drummer of The Police Stewart Copeland and celebrated British naturalist Martyn Stewart have created Wild Concerto, a pioneering album that mixes authentic animal sounds with original music. It's based on Stewart's unparalleled audio archive of the world's wild inhabitants. Correspondent Bill Whitaker joins the pair at the iconic Abbey Road Studios as Copeland and Stewart give Mother Nature's orchestra the star treatment. Heather Abbott is the producer.

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Where does Iran's HEU | One Mother's Story | Wild Concerto sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S58E26 is listed hour 761 of 767 — hour 26 of 31 in season 58, season 58 episode 26.

When did 60 Minutes S58E26 air?

Iran's HEU | One Mother's Story | Wild Concerto aired 2026-04-19 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report · Show package

The template of TV newsmagazine power — for the craft of the package and the history of broadcast investigation. Hewitt's stopwatch, Wallace's ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney's endnotes: Sunday night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Appointment news before the infinite scroll. Tick, tick, tick.

Tick, tick, tick — not a theme song, a weapon. CBS's 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt's stopwatch since 1968, was an 1980s Nielsen bully that outrated sitcoms on Sunday night: investigative pieces, profiles, commentator segments, correspondent star power. Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Andy Rooney's endnotes. **Ambush interviews and gotcha lore made Wallace a fearsome brand.** The museum guard wants the package as civic virtue. The flash is the ambush. Appointment news before the…

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