Fire and Water (1995)
Directed by Shelley Saywell
Sub-Genres - Biography, Politics & Government, Social History |
Run Time - 56 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
A profile of Hussain Shahristani, Iran's former chief nuclear scientist, who was removed from his post in 1980 for allegedly refusing to help Saddam Hussein build a nuclear bomb. He was also banished to Baghdad's Abu Graib prison for life. Narrator: Kate Nelligan.
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Iraq, nuclear-scientist, exile, imprisonment, refusal, torture, weapons-of-mass-destruction, expose [revelation], nuclear-weapon, plight, regime, investigation, human-rights, murder