This powerful and gripping series examines the course of the Iran-Iraq War over eight long years, the unprecedented slaughter on both sides of the conflict and the damaging legacy it has left on the region.
Muslim cleric Ruhollah Khomeini ascends to power in Iran in the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Seeking to take advantage of a tumultuous Iran, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein commands his forces to invade his neighbouring rival.
