Mazar Sharif

Sep 9, 2015

1h 23m

★ 6.7

Overview

An Iranian diplomat who miraculously survived Taliban's raid on the Iranian consulate in Mazar E Sharif (Afghanistan) narrates his 19 days of hide and escape to reach Iran's borders meanwhile on the other side, the Iranian troops are preparing for retaliation.

Genres

Documentary

War

Crime

History

Production Companies

Bahman Sabz

Mazar Sharif Trailers

Cast

Survived Diplomat/ Shahsavan

Hossein Yari

Afghan Woman

Mahtab Keramati

The Investigator

Masoud Rayegan

Ammar Tafti

IRNA Correspondent/ Mahmood Saremi

Ebrahim Barzideh

Mohammad Agha Mohammadi

Hossein Basheh Ahangar

Abbas Habibi

Ali Ataie

Reza Azizi

Mahdi Agahi

Pedram Yusefi

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