“Zemnako” is a young man who finds out that after the chemical bombardment of Halabja of Iraq in 1988 by Saddam Hussein, he has been brought to Iran and adopted by an Iranian woman. As a single mother, she couldn't get an Iranian ID for him. When his foster mother passes away, he decides to go to Kurdistan of Iraq to find his relatives.
“Zemnako” is a young man who finds out that after the chemical bombardment of Halabja of Iraq in 1988 by Saddam Hussein, he has been brought to Iran and adopted by an Iranian woman. As a single mother, she couldn't get an Iranian ID for him. When his foster mother passes away, he decides to go to Kurdistan of Iraq to find his relatives.
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