
Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.

Saeid Sadeghi
Self - War Correspondent

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini
Self - Politician (archive footage)



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November 20, 2017
1h 15m
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Maryam Ebrahimi
Maryam Ebrahimi, Jesper Osmund
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Seconde Vague Productions
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Nima Film
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TVO
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Saddam Hussein
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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