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.
Maryam Ebrahimi
Director
Zare Zahraie
Director of Photography
Maryam Ebrahimi
Writer
Sébastien Saadoun
Director of Photography
Jesper Osmund
Writer
Stefan Levin
Original Music Composer
Saeid Sadeghi
Self - War Correspondent
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein
Self - Politician (archive footage)
