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.
Cast
Crew
Maryam Ebrahimi
Director, Writer, Researcher
Jesper Osmund
Writer, Editor
Axelle Schatz
Editor
Sébastien Saadoun
Assistant Editor, Director of Photography
Zare Zahraie
Director of Photography, Still Photographer
Emelie Persson
Executive Producer
Petra Adick
Associate Producer
Belinda Wango
Production Assistant
Mehdi Memarpuri
Production Assistant
Vanessa Réveillon
Production Assistant
Christophe de Pinho
Sound Mixer
Jess Wolfsberg
Sound Engineer
Stefan Levin
Original Music Composer
Saeid Sadeghi
Still Photographer
Bruni Burres
Consulting Producer
Nima Sarvestani
Production Director
Paul Saadoun
Production Director, Delegated Producer
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