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Dear

"The God of War"

"During the early 1980s, the bombardment of Iranian cities had intensified"

"Saddam, not having much success advancing through Iran's soil by land ..."

was destroying civilian areas schools and hospitals by missiles

"The tables had to turn in the war for Iran to be freed from the enemy's pressure But turning the tables wasn't easy"

Shooting at 357 degrees

Half-expense 9

Reza

Allahu Akbar (Allah's greater)

Hossein ... make it quick

Their rate of fire clearly shows we've poked the rabbit hole

Don't let the rate drop Don't want us to back down

That's it

This is our home They don't amount to anything

Ibrahim, Ibrahim

- What are you doing here? - What are you doing here?

You know how far you've moved from the division?

Dude, artillery is support

You've brought the artillery ...

Come on

Mansur, I've only got two working towing trucks left

Get behind one

If we move two of these artillery units 3 kilometers closer ...

we'll be able to hit their first command post deep in Basra

- Ibrahim - I'm coming

You're in?

3 Kilometers closer means 2 kilometers into the Iraq's soil, you understand?

Don't get smart for me You're in or not?

I'm in, but they've asked for you back there

Tell them you didn't find me

What's that supposed to mean "I didn't find you"?

Take this

It's an order an order from Sayyid

Here it is

You're not listening to me Sayyid for God's sake

You still don't trust me Ibrahim?

Heaven forbid, Sayyid

I just don't understand in this state of war ...

why have you chosen me to go to Syria to receive training on radars?

There are so many students at the military academy

After two years, I've organized the artillery unit with so much hassle

You witnessed that yourself

Have some nuts and dried raisins Take it easy a little

Sayyid, you trusted me and I'm thankful for that

I'll follow whatever decision you make at the end. Good?

But I swear to God ...

The people under the missiles their only hope is ...

these few artillary units that we use to hit deep inside Iraq

Don't undermine it for God's sake

Ibrahim, do you even realize what you’re saying?

- What am I saying? - Do I want to undermine myself?

You'd blurted out whatever you wanted once before as well

We already talked about that and I apologized

- Don’t bring that up again - I don’t want your apology

You said as long as Saddam sleeps comfortably in his palace ...

our women and children won’t sleep comfortably

- Remember that? - Yes, I do

Well, now we’re going to take the peaceful sleep away from Saddam

Come on

Where did these come from?

Souvenirs from Libya

There are twelve of them

They’re flown in to Tehran pairs escorted by planes

This is the first shipment

Well, you should've told me sooner

- The radar thing was a cover story? - Yes

You’ll need to go to Damascus for a training course on missiles

Leave one of your trusted guys behind

Setting up the base and positioning the equipment takes a few months

I just don’t understand ...

why would Gaddafi even care about us?

He doesn’t He's just found a common enemy

Let me give you a piece of advice Never forget it

You’re building a missile unit now

This isn’t the artillery unit anymore where you could just make solo calls

You’ve been chosen to precisely follow orders

Learn to adapt to the new conditions

Let’s go, Ibrahim

Look, Ibrahim…

These missiles might make the war easier for us

but for you - as the one in charge

it’s only gonna make things harder for you

Good luck

Student Ali Fayyaz to the medical sciences department

Masoud? Guys, anyone have seen Masoud?

He went into his office

- Ibrahim? - Yes? Yes?

Hi, when did you get back?

Why do you care when I got back?

What are you doing here?

Aren’t you supposed to be overseeing the Ministry of Defense project?

Everything’s fine over there

It’s just - Professor came back so of course we had to be here with him

- Which professor? - The professor ...

He’s putting your daughter to sleep

Student Ali Moradi, please report to the university's administration office

It shows that the students are very dependent on you

Since the universities reopened your absence was really felt

People were reminiscing about you

I have an appointment with a lawyer today

Why do you need a lawyer again?

Don’t worry it’s about the details of the will

You need to come too

According to this will everything is to be left to Hoda

If I’m not around by the time she turns eighteen ...

It's your responsibility to manage her belongings

God willing, you'll always be alive, Dad

But with the current state of the war I can't really count on my own survival either

I don’t know what's going to happen tomorrow

but again, if ...

Daddy

Since you're studying engineering do you know how to fix this?

Is it broken? I'll take a look at it

Even if I couldn't, my pals can It's OK

My dad is right

About what?

He says that you never say no to anyone

The professor is kind to say that about me

You know that he doesn't approve of our marriage, right?

No, I didn't know it so clearly

Do you know why?

No

My dad believes you're a stubborn person

like my dear departed mom

like myself

He says every family needs someone wise

someone like him

Could you put a slice of tomato here?

Want me to?

Cause the skin on my hand is allergic

I can't touch it

Here you go

Please

Thank you, I've already had lunch

Did I upset you?

No

Well, that's my dad's opinion

It's not mine

Honestly, I only declined the food out of courtesy

In Dezful, they call me "Cheles"

"Cheles" means a greedy person

Are you from Dezful?

No, I grew up there My dad was on a mission there...

Leave it, don't touch that

Its develped a loose contact Can't you see?

Let me fix it. Step aside

I’ve gone through a lot of trouble, Ibrahim

to convince your father-in-law to come back

Now, you want me to tell him I’m going to Syria for five months?!

You don’t have to tell him where we’re going

Just say it’s a security thing He'll understand

Security thing? What does that mean?

Mansur, I know you

Your issue isn’t the professor You're scared

Of course I'm scared I'm scared man

You know what? I'm a coward

Have I made a mistake by becoming your brother-in-law?

Are they deploying us to Operation Dawn, silly?

We're going to Syria Is Syria at war?

We're going for a crash course and we'll get back

Don't keep saying "No" to me

"No, No, No"

How many are there in your team?

Four or five for now

That's what I'm here to tell you

Hashem Saburi

He didn't get back to college after the cultural revolution

He went to set up Katyusha's production line with the guys from the Academy

which the Germans had given up

No one would believe we'd do it

But his final product lacked nothing compared to the original

Hashem, oh, Hashem That was a close call

He's a little hard to deal with but he's one of our bests at the moment

The burning time is too short

It'll work if we make it last a little longer

The engineer's coming in 30 minutes

He's going to fire us all if he finds us in a situation like this

Jafar, make the body 2 centimeters shorter

- Alright - 2 centimeters, not more

Abdullah. The guys didn't know his last name

A master at repairing trucks

Abdullah, they're hitting here

Shake a hand We need to go

I'm not going anywhere before taking the parts I want off of this wreck

He made many captured Iraqi tanks which were unrepairable, operational

and Alireza is my pal

He's one of the old college guys and knows what he's doing

Until last year, he'd been one of the commanders in combat engineering service

Sayyid, If you want me to I won't say No to you

But there are people out there who are better than me

What should I do with these innocent children?

It's not so easy to convince him

Unless we spend Sayyid Mahdi's ticket for him

I swear to Amir al-Mu'minin I'll come to meet you in person

You don't have to swear Sayyid Sure I will. Take care

5 months later

Return from Syria

Ibrahim

We've barely arrived and they're already sending us to Kermanshah

So we're hitting the launch button one of these days

And then it's Saddam who has to swear at us

You let us launch too Ibrahim? or you want to launch them all by yourself?

Guys, as soon as we receive the launch order no one's going to wait for us to prepare

We need to launch immediately then

As soon as we arrived we're going to get ready

Alireza, you focus on determining the launch site and the coordinates

You do the fuel preparation, Abdullah

Hashem, you deal with the missiles themselves and the final setup

Perfect!

A couple of technical guys will join you from Tehran too

You should try to train them fast

Thank you!

Kermanshah 95 Kilometers

Pass it to me!

- Mr. Ibrahim? - No

So hold these and wash them in gasoline

- Hello - Hello

I'm Mojtaba Dastgerdi a member of the Basij Guard Corps

- from Isfahan, the cradle of martyrs - Alright, you're not on TV

Take these

- You are Mr. Ibrahim? - I'm Hashem

So hold these!

Mr. Ibrahim, Mr. Ibrahim

Hello, I'm martyr ...

I'm Mojtaba Dastgerdi a member of Basij Guard Corps ...

Mojtaba, do you know where the tunnel is?

Yes, it's a few Kilometers from the back gate

- Can I drive to there? - Yes

Come and show me

What do you have for souvenirs?

How are you Alireza?

Where did Ibrahim go?

My stomach can't handle raisins

My mom brings us barberries when she goes to Mashhad

This is sanctified

Really helps us in times of trouble

Please

- How longer do we need to drive? - Not much

I've seen the construction of these roads and tunnels with my very two eyes

I've done guard duty here many nights

I froze at -20 temperatures

Got chased by dogs

Got possessed by ghosts

- Let me tell you ... - May Lord accept that from you

How did Mansur find you?

Well ... I'll tell you sir Only cause you're the commander

Masud is my brother-in-law

He's a good man

Oh, sir ...

This is sanctified too It's from Mashhad

It's blessed

Please keep the things I said between the two of us sir

I've promised not to tell anyone

You know, they'll start gossiping

- This is it? - That's it

Ahmadi, open the gate The commander has come

Come on, open the gate

Hello

Good to see you've arrived

I've only arrived a few hours ago

I didn't get the chance to let you know

Mr. Karimian, you should've told us the first day

These guys spent five months in the foreign land

And right at launch Gaddafi people are launching for us?

You're not listening

Telling it would only dishearten the guys

But you kept it a secret till this moment man

I couldn't let some rookie guys handle the equipment

Having said that you're still the commander

Nothing will be done without the Iranian commander's order

and why are we having this conversation?

You do your duty

The only thing which matters now is ...

to launch in time

Done by you or the Libyans

What's the launch time? Everything's ready for launch now

Imam hasn't issued the order yet

But you stay put

Ibrahim, you're in charge of the base and the Libyans

Prepare whatever they ask for them

Believe it or not we're at their mercy now

I need to go

Take care

Their commander wants to meet you

Hello, hi

I'm Ibrahim Sharifi the commander of the base

Hello

Call the translator

Translator

Iranians are quite weird

Their base doesn't look like no military base Nor do they look like military officers

Their people are no different than their officers sir

They don't understand the difference between a laborer and an engineer

Saddam made the same mistake

He judged us by the looks

He attacked and got himself into trouble

It seems we're going to be full of surprises for each other

Welcome to Iran

Thanks

Honestly, I expected a more glorious welcome but I'm disappointed

But it's a great honor to fight alongside the soldiers of Ayatollah

For that reason, my team is ready for operations at the highest standards

I hope your team's just as ready

All our forces are experts at their own fields, don't worry

Go rest for now

We'll have a meeting as soon as possible to talk about your responsibilities

Sorry, I don't speak Arabic so well

Before that, you should prepare this place for living for a couple of months

I see you later

This is a list of amenities we're asking for

Armchairs

Lamps with lampshades Record player

Hookah?

Sir, I'll ask for good tobacco from Khansar

You keep wringing out

They're asked for amenities fit for four households, Ibrahim

It seems our work here is finished

He's gone mad again

Why do you take offence, Alireza

In Syria, at least they would let us see the missiles

Here, they've closed the gates on us

I'm happy for Masud. He stayed in Tehran and didn't come to see this mess

These are the same missiles that were killing 200 people on a daily basis

Alireza

It was clear from the beginning that we weren't going to launch such destruction machines

Destruction machine?

You don't even know what's going on

One of these days Imam will give the launch order

Then, you're going to be in the kitchen cooking rice for them

The Imam that I know won't let us launch on cities

This is all a show to scare Saddam

I've told you 100 times

and I've told you 100 times that it's wishful thinking

That's enough, Hashem

That's enough!

Ibrahim, bro ...

You command us What shall we do?

We give the living quarters to the Libyan team

Put your stuff somewhere else

Yes, sir

The construction and the provision of the things they've asked will be done by us

We can't hire outsiders

Thanks very much Ibrahim!

Thank very much

You made us quit our job and made us spend 5 months in a foreign country

to be dishonored by foreigner officers and colonels

So that we become experts

Only to do labor for mercenaries here?

You take a good look at it something awfully wrong bro!

- Dear Hashem - Leave me alone for God's sake

Hashem ...

Let him go

After he calmed down, make him run around the yard 10 times and assign him to repairs

Hey brother, what was your name?

Yes, sir. It's Mojtaba

Mojtaba

From today, you keep a written record of the casualties of the missile attacks

I want to see it everyday, OK?

Yes sir, Yes

Mansur

Yes?

What's this kid doing among us?

He's safe We've selected him

- I know everything about him - You can't know everything about anybody

Sorry sir

Where am I supposed to call to ask about the number of casualties?

What's wrong with him?

The Munafiqs hit his brother in his arms

He's got a fiery temper

Don't mess with him

Mind your own business

They were taking him to the judge

Thank God I arrived

Any wrongdoings too?

No, he has just drunk

What else?

He's harassed some people too

Mr. Ibrahim ...

Would you not tell the commander about this?

He's going to kill me if he finds out

Make him understand it's Iran in here

It's us he should fear not Sulayman when doing such things

His case will remain open and he's travel-restricted for now

Yes

Scare him as much as you can

- Mr. Ibrahim - Come here

Sign here

Launch order Target: Kirkuk refinery

Abduallah, gather the guys

We have a launch order

- Hello - Hello

- How are you doing? - Thank God

I should've come to congratulate you guys

Take a chair, sit

I haven't come for an evening party we have us a launch order

What an excitement

Congratulations

Where in Baghdad are we supposed to hit hard?

Kirkuk refinery

Are you kidding me?

Kirkuk refinery is some blind spot outside the city

Hitting it makes no difference for you or for Iraq

You know Iraq's soil pretty well

Ibrahim, Ibrahim

You can't waste your chances like this

In your current situation ...

this decision makes no sense militarily

This isn't a military decision

Oh, it must be that ... Ayatollah ...

He sees things that we don't

I ordered my guys to help your forces in preparation of the equipment

We need to get into position faster

The launch must be done before sunrise

His strong robust appearance ...

would shake the body of many people and Gods

Have you heard anything about Ares?

The God of War The son of Zeus

I don't believe in such things

Before this, I too used to think that ...

worshiping idols that we've created ourselves makes no sense

But those idols ...

in that tunnel in the heart of the mountain ...

They're not created by us

We can't even imagine how they've been made

So the story's totally different

Especially ...

when they get prepared to be launched ...

you're definitely standing before the most glorious power in the world

This man-made God ...

deserves to be both worshiped and making sacrifices for

And this ceremony has its own traditions

And not everyone can take part in it

As the commander of the base I have to be present at launch

Only your security team

Trust me Ibrahim

Why do you guys all smell like the same perfume?

Ibrahim

Dear, Ibrahim

What happened?

Congratulations! It hit!

It hit the target?

I called Tehran and they confirmed it

The Baghdad radio said it too

"At 5 AM

bombs have been planted at the Kirkuk's old cement plant"

These guys!

They've said "planting bombs" and not "missiles"

- Cement plant? - Yeah

It makes sense though I don't expect them to confirm our missiles

Cause they fear it

Where are they now?

Who?

Libyans, Sulayman

Oh, I sent them to a good restaurant at Taq-Bostan

Ibrahim

This is the sacrifice after prayer?

This is the Rami-Jamarat celebration

The Satan finally shook in his palace! Be happy Ibrahim

Our deal was to hit the refinery

All launches has miss distances

The cement plant and the refinery are more than 8 kilometers apart

The miss distance in these missiles is a lot less than that

This is what you've read in books, Ibrahim

But in reality ...

this is the missile which chooses where to hit

and it doesn't pick wrongly

The cement plant or the refinery makes no difference

Saddam has learned his lesson now

But such miss distance can create a disaster in a city like Baghdad

The disaster is the landing of missiles on the heads of your women and children

That's the disaster

Is this piece of clothing suitable for a 10-year-old girl?

Is hitting Baghdad really Imam's order?

Did you bring them?

- Didn't anyone see you? - No

I got there in the clean-up time

What are these?

This is all I found where you asked me to go

He's put them in the safe

What are you looking for Ibrahim?

Sir ...

want me to go and open the safe?

No

Ibrahim

Alireza, specify these coordinates on the map, quick

Where is it there?

It's at least 6 Kilometers away from the officers' club

Radio Mansur

Radio him

He's at a blind spot, Ibrahim

It's hard to radio them

Mansur

Mansur, Mansur

Mansur, you hear me?

- Mansur - They shouldn't launch

It's an order

We can't stop the launch

Dear, Ibrahim

It's not the right time Alireza

Hello?

What did he say?

The 12-meter missile launched from Iran ...

landed right in the middle of the Iraq's officers' club

Congratulations guys We've hit the target

Congratulations

Congrats!

We've hit the target so precisely

- Go get some pastry boy - We don't have any

Sugar cubes, take some sugar cubes

They said we have launch orders for tomorrow too

They'll give us the coordinates later

It made us feel so good

We really enjoyed it

Saddam took the first and the second hit

And we'll hit the third one tomorrow

We'll hit them a fourth and a fifth time too

Let me have a cigarette

Tehran, 160 Kilometers

Ibrahim

Ibrahim, what are you doing?

This is it? "We're going to work 24/7"?

Come here

Mahdi gave me this missile with so much trouble Don't return it untouched

Take the guts out and figure them out, OK?

How inconsiderate you are!

- Why did you open it? - Masud, give me a time

- When are we going to build one of these? - In the morning!

This is a high-tech giant!

- It's no joke - There are no jokes in war

I haven't asked you to make it hit Tel-Aviv for God's sake

If you're not competent I can have you replaced

You didn't even have anyone to replace me from the beginning

You've travelled 600Km from Kermanshah to here ...

- for what?! For putting me down?! - No

I wanted to know how much miss distance is reasonable for these missiles in practise

If manufactured in the USSR not much

What's on paper you can count on in practice

But we've hit the officers' club precisely last night

How so you ask?

In their coordinates calculations we found one point that ...

doesn't match the coordinates we gave them

Coordinates calculation is tricky Ibrahim

It's not plausible that they've just used some off coordinates

Where is it?

I don't know what kind of place it is

It's somewhere in the middle of Baghdad

It's easy to find out

How?

Ask them

- Them? - The Iraqi POWs

He says he's missed his family and will do anything you ask, sir

Where is it here?

It's not a military area

- Stop killing the innocent people - Hey, keep your voice down

Next one

What do you give me in return?

What do you give me in return?

It seems you don't know where you are

You think you're sitting at the negotiation table?

Your freedom

I'll give you your freedom

Take an oath one more time

I swear on my honor

Dear Ibrahim Don't be so nice to them

It's a residential area here

The Libyan families who oppose Gaddafi also live there

Call Mansur and tell him to stop tonight's launch

Dear Ibrahim, you're sure? You want me to call?

- Are you sure? - Call, Abbas

Look, are you sure?

If you're wrong it's me you have to face

Go ahead and translate it for him

It was clear from the first launch

They were preparing to hit the coordinates of their choosing

And then they justify it as the natural miss distance

If they had some other place in mind they'd hit it last night

Right after our successful launch ...

Right when we need to hit the next target immediately ...

to put the enemy at a disadvantage ...

We're going to put the brakes on by ourselves

The coordinates that we ...

If this isn't insubordination what is it then?

I swear to God if you don't let me talk I'm going to up and leave right now

Let me talk too!

I'm saying the coordinates that we've got from them ...

are right in the middle of a neighborhood in which Gaddafi-opposing Libyans live

Why should that be their coordinates?

Why don't they let the Iranian forces be present at launches?

If they're able to hit so precisely ...

why did they have so much miss distance in the first launch?

Now you're the only one who's discovered the dispute between Saddam and Gaddafi?

They both are thirsty to rule the region

Let them do whatever they want to each other

In return, these launches will fuel the country, Ibrahim

The people are not happy you understand?

- Mr. Karimi - Quiet

Do you know that those two launches ...

made so many international organizations ...

who've kept silent for four years ...

break their silence?

This war took everything I had from me

But I haven't become so dishonorable as to ...

There you go Sayyid Now we're dishonorable too

I just know that these missiles shouldn't land ...

in the middle of homes where women and children live

Makes no difference to me if those women and children are Iranian or Iraqi

That's what we're here for too

But the other side doesn't care about these matters

First, you need to let him know that you really have missiles

That if he hits the cities you'll hit the cities in return

And know one thing Ibrahim ...

This is a war at the end of the day

At some point, you may be forced to choose between your women and children and theirs

Sayyid, for ten years you've been my role model in the mosque

You taught me to tell right from wrong

Which side are you standing on? Why don't you say anything?

I don't get this talk

If this is what we're going to do why's Imam waited for so long?

Don't bring up Imam's name for no reason

What you did was a direct insubordination against Imam's command

Can you give us that?

Their precise coordinates calculation is in their safe

I'll bring that to you

Shall I bring them?

Bring the evidence

Sayyid

We'll wait for one more day

Don't do this Sayyid

Sayyid

- What does it mean? - I'll explain later

Sayyid Mahdi has asked for it

- I'll arrange for it tomorrow - I need it tonight Mansur

- Mojtaba can do it - Ibrahim ...

It's not about whether Mojtaba can or can't

I need something to show him

I said ask Alireza for it

He should show him the likes of the documents we want

- Have him briefed, alright? - OK, let me see what I can do

How about you? Where are you? How am I supposed to contact you?

I'm at Masud's house Let me know

Take care

Ibrahim ... tea?

- Let me handle the tea - Hey, stop Layla! Go away!

Layla, dear!

Thank you

Why didn't you tell me?

He's been asking for you for a while

Dad knew you couldn't make it So he asked him to come over

You couldn't told me that!

Ibrahim, ask Doctor to stay for dinner

Doctor, we'll prepare the meals soon

Masud!

Thank you, I appreciate it

What are you doing here?

I don't have the confidence to go and meet him

Why's that?

Cause I'm taking care of your business all the time

I can't find the time to go to the university and see him

Yeah, it shows! You're all about my business!

Masud ...

Ibrahim

Please, your tea will get cold

Bring that fresh loaf of bread too please

Doctor ...

May I put Hoda in her bed?

Sure

Sorry about that

It's me who should've come to your visit

These are the keys to my house in Golpayegan

I've done some repairs too

It's good enough for living

I didn't tell you father about it Didn't want to be disrespectful

Take Hoda and your family Go and live there

Professor, Hoda's safe here She's with my family

Rest assured, she'll be safe

How do you know that?

Yes

I'll tell them I'll send them there if they agreed to it

But even if they chose to stay don't worry so much

How are the rest of the people living?

Excuse me

- Hello - Hello

- Hello - Hello, you hear me?

Hello, Mansur?

Is this Masud's house?

- Is Ibrahim over there? - It's me. What happened Masud?

Oh, it's you Ibrahim?

They caught Mojtaba

Sulayman found out

Now they're packing up to return to Tehran

- Sorry about that - Wait, wait

- Ibrahim - You go to the basement, I'll follow you

Where have they hit tonight?

Take Hoda downstairs

Help professor Masud

I said I'll follow you You go to the basement

Alright, what did you say?

We didn't get the evidence

But I'll track them to Tehran

Alright, make sure to accompany him to Tehran

Don't you let your eyes off him Mansur

Hi

- No entry - Shut up

It's good that you haven't packed your bag

I'll send you a car at the hotel

I'll neglect this and won't report this time

I'll call you later

I hope you've come to apologize

We'll talk about who has to apologize on return to base

Now I know why the whole world stands against you in this war

I thought you'd be honest with us

That's what we thought too!

You don't understand how important your victory in this war is to us

On the contrary, I do understand

But you need to understand too that we're not fighting for you

Listen carefully Colonel!

As long as I'm here all launches from this soil need to be Halal

You're not there anymore

That's not for you to decide

It's not my dicision

It's your commander's

Mr. Karimian

may I ask the gentlemen to wait outside for a moment please?

Excuse me, could you wait outside for a moment please?

Do you even know what's going on here?

Sit please, I'll explain

Sit Ibrahim

We didn't have another choice under the current circumstances

In addition ...

He's not just an outsider He's one of our guys

If he's one of our guys we'll end up here again in two weeks

If he behaves like you I'll definitely take him to this point too

Let us do the launch ourselves Mr. Karimian

Talking to you is just a vicious cycle

Do you even know that 50 French Mirages have been delivered to Baghdad today?

Do you know they're having 100 weapon contracts right now?

with giant global weapon manufacturers?

And I'm here in this plane and I can barely provide its fuel

going from country to country

to find a couple of lousy weapons

only to have you sabotage them at your discretion

Ibrahim

Are you sure you guys can do the launch yourselves?

That was our deal since the beginning

That wasn't the deal

Right now, the wreckage of the two missiles that we've launched ...

is at the hands of American and Soviet officers

They're examining them

Sooner or later, they'll trace the country of origin of the two missiles

We can't put all our eggs in the foreigners' basket

Sayyid, Sayyid

These are missiles, not toys

If they land in our own soil ...

are you going to take the responsibility for that?

With such attitude we'd given half our soil by now

Yeah, I hope the soil is the only thing you're worried about, not anything else

What's that supposed to mean?

What I mean is super clear

With your background, choosing you was a mistake since day one

There are many places to fight

You don't want us to doubt you? Change your place

There's no room for personal decisions here

You doubt me too Sayyid?

Tomorrow, after the morning prayer we're having the supreme defense council

Hopefully, I'll get you the authorization

If I wasn't sure that we can do the launch ourselves ...

I wouldn't put you in a situation like this

Faithful man, I don't think Lord loves this way of talking

Say "God willing" that would be nice

What if we break the seal and then not be able to launch?

Do you know what a disaster it would be?

Even right now they're propagating that we've bluffed

If we don't manage to hit a reasonable distance ...

Narges

Ibrahim, please stay

Stay for two days

I've found a couple of houses

At least, see those before leaving

We're not going to stay dad

Why not?

Great, stay in Tehran, you can take care of my child 2 days in a week too

It's not my decision Professor has asked me to

And you promised him

- That's different? - I had no choice

We didn't even let him know that we've made this trip to Dezful

At your request, Narges we only left him a note

Now imagine telling him that we want to take her daughter here to live

He's right, dear

Dezful is getting bombed these days Tehran is safer

It's less worrying for me too

She wanted to do photography What happens to that?

I'll give that up

Hoda needs so much caring too

I can't even find the time

You don't have t o give that up

You can do photography in Tehran too

Our deal was to take photos of war-torn cities

Do you want me to talk to the professor?

He listens to me Do you want me to talk to him?

I can't, I've promised

You can't give promises about your wife's future without talking to her about it

After launch, go ahead and call him

and put his mind at ease that you've arrived

- Say yes sir - Yes sir, yes sir

Yes dad, yes sir

We'll go home sooner to get ready for the wedding party

We'll take Hoda with us too

You guys make your call and get back quick

This is how you were supposed to take care of them?

You know how many cities they've hit since last night?

Abadan, Andimesk, Ahvaz

I was right to worry

Ibrahim, you promised me to bring up an excuse for Narges

Otherwise, I'd stop her myself

Dad, Narges wants to talk to you

Hold a second please

Go buy a baby cream

Hello to the one-of-a-kind professor

Before being a professor I'm your dad

You need to respect my words

This wasn't the deal Narges

You're right

In your opinion I'm never right

- Dad ... No ... - It makes no sense to ...

when all the southern cities are being evacuated ...

and people in there are moving to safety ...

you've taken an innocent one-month-old child to a place which is being bombed

I'm terribly worried about Hoda

- and this guy is ... - Hoda is doing fine

It's not how you think

There's normal life in here

People are living their lives

Look Narges ...

I'm not able to convince you or Ibrahim

But if you want to show your father some respect ...

Right now and with no ifs and buts ...

pack up and return to Tehran

Are you listening to me or not?

- Narges - Yes dad?

Convince Ibrahim's family to go with you too

It's not right for them to stay there in this situation

Yes, sure

Who wanted a baby cream?

Here's your cream

Can we apply it to the face as well?

Yes, you can use it on face too

- For the baby, right? - Yes, for babies

Your change sir ...

The cities are getting hit by missiles

Women and children are getting martyred

Imam's heart is full of pain for these troubles man

I mean, what guarantee is there that ...

- these guys are able to do it - One second gentlemen. Give me a second man!

Oh God!

You think I'd bring this up if I weren't sure about it?

You keep taking about a guarantee

Alright, I personally guarantee their whole team

Good for you?

Or do you want me to have someone else guarantee myself?

Not at all, dear Sayyid

The council approves

- We've decided to give you a chance - I appreciate it Sayyid

We trust in God Let's go Ibrahim

Reciting "Salawat"

Now Saddam's boasts are directed at us

Let's roll

Alireza, among the guys ...

you were the last one that I thought I'd run into problems with

Get back inside the tunnel It's no time for such doubts

I can't get to work

His war had some holiness to it for me, Ibrahim

If we hit cities too what beliefs are left for us?

You're worrying about your own holiness, not the war's

You're worrying about the wall you've surrounded yourself with to prevent dust

I'm scared of these missiles, Ibrahim

If we start this game there's no turning back

and we've recognized it

You know what it means if you stay and your honor goes?

We don't have a choice the game's already started

And we're in the middle of it if we want it or not

Now, either you give me precise coordinates ...

or get back to that cave of yours

to stop hearing the screams of women and children

- OK? - Ibrahim

What?

What are you doing soldier? Kill it

Kill it

What's happened Abdullah?

The gearbox is engaged but it's not moving

Have you checked everything?

I've checked everything but don't know what's wrong

Alright, but you can't move this thing using a forklift

Make way

The guidance system won't power up

- Is the generator connected? - Yea, it is connected

The box doesn't receive power either

- Is the connector engaged? - Yea, that's engaged too

Ibrahim

They've done this They've sabotaged it

We never thought this would happen

Sayyid, I understand the country's situation

Yes, sir

Good bye

We've had some successful operations in the front line

You know what that means, right?

It means Iraq will hit the cities one of these days

They've given us 72 hours

Go ahead, start

We've found 12 defects

So?

Some of them have been sabotaged before being delivered to Iran

Those we can repair

We had the same problem at the missile facility in Tehran

And some of them I supposed are sabotaged by them before leaving

So?

And there are some missing parts that they've taken with them

The systems for taking the coordinates don't work either

The satellites we need for locations data are American too

and they've disabled it on us

Mansur

Call Dr. Kiani

Ask him to brief some professors

We should be in direct contact with them

If needed, ask them to be present at the base

We need their labs and workshops in this while too

We need to bring all we have

Also, ask a surveying team to calculate the coordinates manually

You got it?

Oh my God!

No, Hossein, no air comes out at the back

This type of circuit ...

The Ipika circuit

There's no power

- The one above - There's no power I said

- How about the one above - There's no power I said

What are we supposed to do about the parts they took?

There's no way we can manufature them in 72 hours

Sulayman’s team is at Vanak's house now The parts must be there

That house in Vanak is like an embassy for them, Ibrahim

How are we supposed to enter it?

No one’s going to know we’re going in

We’ve checked all four sides of the house

You in from the courtyard, Keep walking till you reach the first door

This is the kitchen

Keep going Go up the stairs to the second floor

The safe is in one of the rooms down that hallway

So basically, we have to go through the whole house

Exactly, and we need to evacuate the house otherwise, they'll spot us

Rasul, cut the power

Guys from the mosque the red siren

What’s the exit route?

Same way we came in

There’s no other way And we’re out of time

Got it?

Got it

Good luck

Was it the northern or the southern room?

End of the hallway, the northern room

It's locked

Open it

Light over here

Check under the bed

Mansur, what’s going on? Did you find it?

We’re looking

Hurry up, we’re running out of time

Where the hell is it then?

Abbas, we’ve checked everywhere

I think they've moved it to some other place

That doesn’t make sense This house has been under surveillance 24/7

Why are you smoking? Put it out

Go outside see what’s going on

Mansur, someone’s coming into the building

What?

Why are you just standing there? Get out of there!

Mansur, the stuff’s in the basement It’s the only place we didn’t have eyes on

Why are you doing this?

Open the door

Open the door! I said open it!

Why didn’t he come in?

Mojtaba, what the hell are you doing?

4 hours later

In the end, this reckless kid's stunts are going to get us all in trouble

Ya Imam Reza…

Mojtaba’s back

Hi

See? I found it

You idiot!

You disobey and do whatever the hell you want now?

What if something had happened to you? What was I supposed to tell your sister?

Hamid, what the hell are you doing?

Where the hell did he come from?

You better be careful Your case is still open

I can have them keep you in Iran forever

Get lost

Come on, come on Hold up - hold up

Shift it a little Open the back

Where were you when Saber was heading towards the house?

What the hell were you doing?

I don’t know - he showed up out of nowhere like a ghost. I didn’t see him coming

I’m sorry

Go

Get in

Come on Mojtaba

Oh my God!

"And We placed a barrier before them and a barrier behind them..."

Oh My God!

Rasul, call the Vanak house, call Sulayman Stall him for two minutes

Sir, you have an urgent call

Mr. Sulayman. Sir ...

Ibrahim! The missile’s operational

It’s not wise to wait any longer

Let’s get to the bunker and prepare for launch

Masur, did you check everything?

Yes, four or five times

Are you sure?

Yeah

Take cover...

Get back

Do you know what’s happened?

Look, this part is melted

This wasn't supposed to melt

It’s a fake

You've left some things at the Vanak house

We looked everywhere we could, sir

There was only that one box

We’re completely stuck. It is pointless

The Libyans were smarter than we thought

Do you think the Ministry of Sepah or the Defense Industry guys can help us out?

Maybe the Jihad guys can help too

What are you talking about?

These are special alloys, the CMC oxide

It’s resistant to temperatures over 2000 degrees

Making and shaping it is not something just anyone can do

So, who can do it for us?

We need to get our hands on this alloy

Right now, all of you head to Tehran and get every connection you’ve got

Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Karimian has called ten times since this morning

What should I tell him?

Therefore, we unequivocally and explicitly declare that from now on ..

with all our capabilities airplanes, artillery, and missiles ...

we will target Iraq's industrial centers

even if they are in the heart of Baghdad

Ibrahim, I’ve always been afraid of you

When you came to propose to Narges I had no doubt you were going to marry her

This morning, Sayyid Mahdi was here

Why do you think the answer I gave you should be any different from the one I gave your commander?

You’ve had the country’s resources at your disposal for a lifetime

Now you don’t want to do anything?

Listen, Ibrahim!

Since Narges left, every night I’ve been haunted by this nightmare

that you’re going to drag Hoda into the same fate as her mother’s

Now you’ve come to provoke some moral obligation

trying to put me in a position where I’ll never be able to stand tall again

because of the weight of my conscience

Have you ever thought that if we gain the knowledge of these weapons ...

maybe the war could end?

Will you have a clear conscience then knowing you didn't do what you could?

I can’t help you

I don’t want what happened to me on the phone that night, happen to anyone

A hundred times worse happened to me

Is that why you’re standing here to take revenge for it?

You can't use such lables for me

I’m standing here so that what happened to me doesn’t happen to someone else

Do you think with all the news I hear and see every day, my heart doesn’t hurt?

I wish my life would end sooner

so I wouldn’t have to witness all this bombing and the people dying

The alloy you asked for I've worked on it in the lab before

Give me the exact specs and I’ll make the part for you

In how many days?

You’d better ask in exchange for what?

What?

For the only reason I’m still alive

Hoda?

I raised Narges in the absence of her mom

I can raise Hoda like that too

Just like you want

Only this time, I’ll do for Hoda what I didn't do for Narges

I’m her father

You shouldn’t be anymore

As long as you and your family are around, I’m only her grandfather

But if we suppose you all died in that Dezful bombing, I'll be everything to her

That way, I can rest assured knowing I won’t lose her

I won't do it for you in exchange for anything else

Having said that I understand if you don’t agree to it

Dad?

We’re wasting our time This is all just error and trial

What should we do?

Do we have any other choice?

Of course we do! Why not?

If you had told me earlier I would’ve made it myself

Ibrahim, didn’t I make the artillary tubes in two months on that project?

Just give me two months

Two months?

Okay, one month

I’ll have it ready in a month

Are you aware of the daily death toll?

We're not obligated to do the launch ourselves

Do you still have hope in Sulayman and his team?

No, but I don’t have any hope in us either

Ibrahim, I respect you. Up until now I’ve said yes to everything you’ve asked

Now, as you can see, no matter what we do, it’s not working

and I just can’t come to terms with this situation

Please accept my apology

Good luck

How many more years do you and I have left to live?

How long do you all think you’re going to live?

Learn a lesson from these historical events

History is the teacher of humanity

Learn from these events that are happening in the world

Take heed from these wills…

When you’re not at your post you’re no different than a deserter

You’ve worshipped for fifty years

I’m sorry, Sayyid. I’ve let you down

These wills…

In my opinion you did everything you could

Karimian went and talked to the Libyans

He convinced them

They’ve decided to go to Kermanshah with a new commander

Even now, when they come and ask me to pray for them to become martyrs

one has lost his leg another walks with a cane...

Do you think you can still get me some time?

Just a few days, Sayyid?

If I try really hard maybe two or three days

But can you even do it?

Ibrahim?

Pray for me, Sayyid

Ah, that’s the right way

God likes it this way

He insured his honor in this world,

and in the next world he insured God's mercy

You and I will also go

Die like Chamran did

Die like those soldiers who are killed at the borders

Narges...

Narges, Narges...

Don’t move I’ll get you out

Ibrahim!

What is it?

Stay here with me

Hoda...

Her hand cream

Calm down. Calm down

She’s allergic to scented soaps...

Narges, look at me...

Look at me... Narges

Narges...

Narges...

Turn and look at me Narges

It’s better that you leave no trace of yourself in her life

[Shooting order; Target: Al-Rafidein Bank, the location of the Iraqi intelligence agency]

Mansur?

You better find them quickly

Because if they mess with the missile nothing will be negotiable anymore

Let’s go for the missile alignment

Ibrahim?

- I’m saying we shouldn’t take the risk, Ibrahim. - I don’t think it’s important

I’ve checked everything. The alarm is because of those parts we made ourselves

Are you sure?

Yeah, I’m sure

If we launch and it doesn't work we're making a fool of ourselves

Mojtaba

We haven't come this far only to go back empty-handed

We’ll launch. Let's roll

It’s Sayyid Mehdi

- Mr. Karimian? - Sayyid, I’ll call you in a minute.

- Mr. Karimian... - Your work here is done, Ibrahim.

The unit members can stay, but you’re dismissed from now on. You can go.

Mr. Karimian, we...

Hush... Don’t speak. We’ve had our talk

Mansur, from now on, you’re the commander.

Bring the missile down We’ll return to the base

Who’s in charge of this equipment?

Don’t you hear what I’m saying? I’m asking who’s in charge of that?

Give me the weapon

You’re dismissed too

Stop being stubborn and tell them to do whatever I say

We’ve come this far; we can handle the rest

Last time, you got this far and then caused that disaster

This is different

Yeah, it’s different because you’re not supposed to fire it anymore

This country isn't for you to joke with

All this time, despite all my objections I'd pray you’d launch successfully

but you didn’t

From now on, the responsibility is mine. I can’t take the risk

We’ve done everything All we need to do is position the chassis

Just wait for fifteen seconds and it will all be over

Take responsibility for it, Mr. Karimian

Under what guarantee?

Go back to the base Tomorrow, Sulaiman and his team will launch

We’re launching tonight

Don’t make me arrest you

You’d better send a team to arrest us all

Don’t threaten us with arrest, Mr. Karimian!

I hope you launch successfully, Ibrahim.

Otherwise, you’ll have to beg them yourself to have them fire for us again

I really hope you launch

Alireza

take this

What is it?

You press the button

Why me, Ibrahim?

Allahumma salli ala Mohammad va aali Mohammad

La ilaha illa Anta

Hey Ibrahim, shall we go?

- Hello. - Hi

- How are you? - Thank God, I'm good.

Sorry for the delay

Ibrahim, I’ve put a lot of trust in you and your team

Can I rest easy? Do you think you can build it?

The funding's going to be really high though

Our research is complete, don’t worry. If I wasn’t sure, I wouldn’t have come

God willing

God willing

Now, don’t emphasize too much on the 2000-kilometer range of the missile

If we do, they'll just consider it as wishful thinking and won’t take us seriously

Let me bring it up slowly myself

[This film is a loose adaptation of actual events.]

Dedicated to our dear martyr, Hassan Tehrani Moghadam, and all his comrades who sacrificed their most valuable possessions for the glory and security of our country

Producer: Sa’eed Sa’idi Project Designer: Mohammadreza Shafah

Director: Hossein Darabi Writer: Ehsan Saghafi

Sa’ed Soheili, Hossein Soleimani, Payam Ahmadinia, Nader Fallah,

Dariush Kardan, Sayyid Mehdi Hosseini, Mehdi Farizeh, Peyman Pournikdast

Director of Photography: Sa’eed Barati

Editor: Siavash Kordjan S

et Designer: Behzad Ja’fari Tadi

Sound Supervisor: Hossein Bashash

Composer: Masud Sekavatdoust Makeup Artist: Shahram Khalaj

Visual Effects Designer: Mohammad Baradaran

Production Manager: Sajad Dinparast Costume Designer: Behzad Aghabeigi

Production Manager: Sayyid Maghsoud Mirhashemi

Lead Group Supervisor: Amir Mohammad Khedri Gharibvand Logistics Manager: Mehdi Sohrabi

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