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Stronger Than a Bullet

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2017-11-20

Runtime: 75 mins

Director: Maryam Ebrahimi

Writer: Maryam Ebrahimi, Jesper Osmund

Spoken language: فارسی

Genres: Documentary, History

Original title: Stronger Than a Bullet

Production Companies: Seconde Vague Productions, ARTE, Nima Film, SVT, TVO

Production Countries: Canada, France, Sweden

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