Stories Set in Tehran

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

A middle-aged Tehranian man Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people including a Muslim…

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young…

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning…

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the…

Samad is nobody’s fool. The narcotics officer has seen his share of a drug dealer’s lies and games and his patience has come to run thin. While searching for the infamous drug baron Nasser Khakzad he and his colleague…

The story revolves around a blind boy named Mohammed who is released from his special school in Tehran for summer vacation. His father shamed and burdened by Mohammed's blindness arrives late to pick him up and then…

After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a…

Rouhi a young bride-to-be is hired as a maid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife is convinced her husband is having an affair and enlists…