Hekayate Asheghi

The story of love between an Iranian reporter and a victim of Halabchech chemical bombing.

During the war between Iraq and Iran, Saddam Hussein’s forces attacked Halabja, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, with bombs, artillery fire and chemical weapons, in particular nerve gas. Some 5000 people are estimated to have died in the attack. An Iranian war photographer is the first man to enter the city following the massacre. There he meets a woman and a tale of love begins…