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.<br /><br />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.
