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In the Eye of the Storm spans the period of history between the revolutionary movement begun by Iran's national hero Mirza Koochak Khan in the early twentieth century, to the freedom of Khoramshahr during the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s. The story is told through the trials and tribulations, love and relationships of one family.

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00:00In a nutshell, things are bad, Razor Goli Khan.
00:30Yes? Were you talking to me?
00:41No, man, I wasn't talking to you.
00:45I meant things are getting out of hand.
00:48Anyone who comes around can publish a newspaper for himself.
00:53And parliament and government have become bases for the Freemasons.
00:56What?
00:57The parliament and government have become bases for the Freemasons.
01:01Ferugi leaves, Henning comes so early.
01:03So early leaves, and so they've built a lodge for themselves.
01:05They've put the country up for sale.
01:07Ha! Well, that's natural, Mayor.
01:10The poor things see that they can make use of the situation.
01:13So they're doing all they can to steal all they can.
01:16They're businessmen.
01:17Exactly. You're so very right, Nader, my boy.
01:21Proves you're my very best student.
01:23Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:25A little higher.
01:26That's right.
01:28Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:31Well, if everyone thinks like you, then God help this country.
01:36So, you mean to say that if the Germans come to Iran, things will get better?
01:41If so, then we should prepare red carpet for them.
01:43That would be nice.
01:44Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:47When did I say such a thing?
01:51All I said was that the Germans have never wanted to make Iran a colony.
01:55That's it.
01:58It's simply because they can't, my dear military friend.
02:03See?
02:05Mayor, as the saying goes, take what you can and run.
02:11You speak of occupation in such a way that if I didn't know,
02:15I'd think that the people out there in the streets are beating up the occupiers.
02:19I swear to God the people are happy that the Allied forces got rid of the dictators.
02:23I'm sure they are.
02:25Come on, forget about this talk.
02:27Eat the pomegranates, it's getting cold.
02:31Come on now, they've occupied our country, haven't they?
02:35The least we can say is that the enemy of our enemy is our friend, or don't you agree?
02:40Of course, I have to see what the captain has to say first.
02:44Well, as they say, once upon a time there was a king who lived in a palace full of mice creating chaos.
02:51They kept using rat poison to try to get rid of them, but it was no use.
02:56There were so many mice that they even made their way to the king's dinner table.
03:00Until one day, one of the ministers suggested that they bring in a couple of cats to get rid of the mice.
03:09And they did. After a while, the cats started to reproduce, and now it was the cats creating chaos in the palace.
03:14Again, someone suggested bringing in a couple of dogs to deal with the cats.
03:18Anyways, the number of dogs increased. They get lions, too many lions.
03:23Then they were forced to bring in the elephants, but they were too big and destroyed the palace, and no one knew how to control them.
03:29And so someone came around and said, the only thing that elephants are scared of is mice.
03:35Go get some.
03:38Just like our story, it seems that it's always going to be this way, so let's just eat up pomegranate.
03:44Here, eat some.
03:45Here you are.
03:48To our Persian-speaking listeners, this is Radio Germany. May I have your attention, please.
03:59Eat.
04:00May I have your attention.
04:02German armed forces have made their way into the Russian plains.
04:08With unprecedented speed, and have reached the gates of Moscow and Leningrad.
04:14A part of the Army's 3rd Armored Division is making its way towards the south and the oil fields in Kaukous.
04:25From the northeast, the Army's 4th Armored Division, equipped with 5,000 tanks,
04:34and simultaneously from the east, the Army's 6th Armored Division, commanded by Marshal Benhauser,
04:43accompanied by one million of the German Army's best soldiers, have attacked Stalingrad.
04:49Attention!
04:51Attention!
04:523,000 Henkel bombers!
04:543,000 Henkel bombers, under the command of General Goring, have bombed Stalingrad.
05:02They've reduced many of the buildings in the city to dust.
05:05May I have your attention, your attention.
05:10The enemy was receiving weapons from the other side of the Volga River, with boats and dinghies.
05:21But with the attack of the German Army, this route has now been shut.
05:26Now the Reich Army is waiting, the imminent fall of Stalingrad.
05:35They will be cut off from the south of the Volga River.
05:40The fall of the Soviet Union, the hollow home of the Bolsheviks, is imminent.
05:46Much sooner than we think.
05:52Are you alright?
05:53Not really.
05:57The fall of the Soviet Union, the hollow home of the Bolsheviks, is imminent.
06:08Don't you like our tastes?
06:11Yes, it's delicious.
06:13Once again, we warn the Russian soldiers, who've been used as a tool by the Communist propaganda and sent to fight.
06:23To put down their weapons, and return to their holds.
06:36Lely?
06:38Based on the latest information we have received, Stalingrad will soon fall.
06:46You happy, Bishan?
06:47This is what you call for central.
06:49I really hadn't tasted such delicious fish in general before, Mrs. Esfandiari.
06:57Truly, Bishan is right.
06:58Thank you so much.
07:00Major?
07:01I thank you.
07:01You're welcome.
07:02Mrs. Esfandiari, it was a very delicious meal.
07:05Thank you very much.
07:06You're welcome.
07:07My dear, did you have your dinner?
07:09Yes.
07:10Was it delicious?
07:10Yes.
07:11See, Captain, I never brag about my wife's food without a reason.
07:16See, I've brought you to a great place.
07:20Oh my, what a night we're going to have.
07:25Sit here, my child.
07:27Good.
07:30Mr. Schultz, over there.
07:32If you allow me, I'll have Ahad bring in the cake.
07:35Here you are.
07:36Sit down.
07:37Ahad, bring in the cake.
07:38After this delicious Fezzinjung, all we have to eat here is red apples.
07:42Come on.
07:44Mayor, with all this delicious food your wife cooks, shouldn't you be a bit chubbier?
07:48Do you exercise at all?
07:49No, no, no.
07:55Excuse me.
07:58Well, well, nice.
08:05Too whole of him.
08:07That's a bit strong.
08:08Help yourself.
08:09Help yourself.
08:37Now, good night. It's a great night.
08:46Wish you a hundred good years.
08:50Mayor, make it a hundred and twenty and it's a done deal.
08:53Very well. A hundred and twenty good years. Happy?
08:57I'm very sure I will remember this great night
09:01till the very end of all my days.
09:07I feel as if I'm in my own home, you know. I really do.
09:19Here you are.
09:24Here you are. Thank you.
09:29Lady, dear?
09:31No, thank you. Not for me.
09:33Do you not like cake, my dear?
09:39No, thanks. I overate.
09:41Please won't you have some. It's really delicious.
09:45No, thank you.
09:52I think the thought
09:53of the fall of Stalingrad
09:56went on to kill your appetite.
10:04No, lies.
10:05They don't worry me at all.
10:08I think
10:09the Nazi leaders
10:11are paralyzed in the head.
10:13but my dear lady
10:24you aren't paralyzed
10:29in the head, you know.
10:31Why didn't you stay
10:32with your fellow communist comrades then?
10:38It's not about
10:39communists and stuff like that.
10:41If my relatives were there,
10:42I'd be worried, too.
10:45Of course,
10:46us worrying doesn't have an effect on the war.
10:49Am I right, Mayor?
10:59I genuinely hope
11:00the German army
11:02decides to come to the rescue
11:04of its fellow Aryans
11:08after it conquered Stalingrad.
11:12Don't be so hopeful,
11:15Mr. S. Vandere.
11:17Stalingrad will not fall.
11:20You can be assured,
11:21I promise you,
11:22the fascists will be destroyed
11:23in the ice and snow of Russia
11:25just like Napoleon's forces.
11:27If you'll excuse me,
11:48but I have some business
11:49to take care of
11:50in my room.
11:51Were you upset, Mr. Schultz?
11:53Not at all.
11:55Mr. S. Vandere.
11:57Gentlemen.
11:58Good night.
11:59Don't be upset, Mr. Schultz.
12:01Lely just made a female joke,
12:02that's all.
12:03What is that supposed to mean?
12:07My recommendation
12:08to the young lady
12:09is that she should endeavor
12:11to read more romance novels
12:13from now on.
12:15Sweet dreams, everyone.
12:16Good night, everyone.
12:22No, no, no.
12:23Please attend to your guests.
12:30Say, come on, Miss Lely.
12:31Don't take it so seriously.
12:34It's not even worth it.
12:35I mean, it's all just words.
12:37Come on.
12:37You must know.
12:39What does Nazi or Communist mean anyway?
12:42From what I know,
12:43the goat always leads the pack
12:45and the people follow
12:46just like the sheep.
12:51God forbid the goat take a fall,
12:53the rest will all follow in vain.
12:55Before you know it,
12:55half the population
12:56has fallen inside
12:57and completely disappeared.
12:59Now they ask,
13:00who's gonna come around
13:02and save the day?
13:03I don't know.
13:05Please don't compare people
13:06with their shameless leaders.
13:07It's not the same thing.
13:08You're not in a good mood tonight,
13:12Miss Lely.
13:13What people?
13:15What leaders?
13:16The leaders are from the people.
13:17They didn't pop out of the sky.
13:19They're all the same.
13:20You know exactly.
13:22When people become aware
13:23of their rights,
13:24they won't allow a bunch of thugs
13:25just to rule over them.
13:29What's this wife of yours
13:30talking about, Bichan?
13:31She's right.
13:33It's been the same tradition
13:34in this country
13:35for thousands of years.
13:36A thug goes,
13:37another one replaces him.
13:38Am I wrong?
13:39Am I, brother?
13:40Am I?
13:42But our main problem
13:43isn't just the system,
13:44it's the illiteracy.
13:45The ignorance
13:46that rules over our society.
13:48I agree.
13:49We have the most beautiful country.
13:51We have the most fertile land,
13:52intelligent and kind people.
13:54But we have never used
13:55what we have appropriately.
13:57The educated people,
13:58like you,
13:59are only thinking of business
14:00instead of educating the people.
14:04The people become poor
14:05and illiterate,
14:06and they always wait
14:08for a thug to come
14:08and take the place
14:09of another thug.
14:12Father always says something.
14:14He says a sick nation
14:15always creates a sick government.
14:17It's the end of it, brother.
14:19We have to first screw ourselves.
14:21Us.
14:22The people.
14:23Oh,
14:23you say the people
14:24as if you're living
14:25in the middle of Europe, brother.
14:26Nada is right, you know.
14:35Which people?
14:36Tell me,
14:36who are you talking about?
14:38There's none other people left.
14:39Just a bunch of poor,
14:40uneducated,
14:41addicted and sick nobodies
14:43who don't know the difference
14:44from right or wrong anymore
14:45and can't do anything.
14:46If they can't tell it apart,
14:48then who can?
14:49Maybe the men
14:50who emptied out the arms depots
14:51and disarmed the soldiers
14:52and then let foreign soldiers
14:53into the country.
14:55Yes, I agree.
14:56I think if you educate these people,
14:58the world will be a better place.
15:01What do you think,
15:02Mrs. Isfandari?
15:03Me?
15:05I don't know anything
15:07about politics.
15:08You don't know about politics
15:10or you don't want
15:11to upset your husband?
15:12No, no, no.
15:12Who, me?
15:16The things you say,
15:17Miss Lely.
15:18All we are saying
15:19is that in this rotten country
15:20when men enter politics,
15:21women should step aside
15:23so if God forbid
15:24something happens,
15:25she can step in
15:25and take care of the children.
15:31Politics and stuff like that
15:33is all just talk.
15:34Our people aren't made
15:35for stuff like that,
15:36you know.
15:37Countries?
15:38Countries like us
15:39don't have any other choice
15:40but to hang on
15:41to the strong country.
15:43Well, we hang on to Britain now.
15:45Then what seems to be the problem?
15:47Come on.
15:47No, it's different, brother.
15:49This old fox
15:50is not trustworthy.
15:51They just want to take everything.
15:53I mean everything.
15:54And they're not satisfied
15:55and we're not hanging on to it.
15:57It won't back off.
16:00And that's where Germany
16:01enters the scene.
16:02A country that can guarantee
16:04our sovereignty
16:04and independence.
16:08Be it Germany
16:09or the US.
16:11Of course, Mayor,
16:12to tell you the truth,
16:13I'd prefer the second one.
16:14Because they're better
16:18businessmen, actually.
16:20But, well,
16:21we'll have to wait and see.
16:22Who's ever the donkey
16:23will take the ride
16:24and whoever's the horse
16:25will ride the...
16:26You mean, you are prepared
16:39to work alongside
16:40murderous racists?
16:42Hmm.
16:42You have two mistakes,
16:44lady dear.
16:46You get a C, Miss Lely,
16:48and I'd like to say
16:48well done.
16:49Racist and murderous
16:51are just too rhetoric,
16:52to be very honest.
16:52All of them are racist
16:54and murderous
16:54when necessary.
16:56And they keep playing
16:57the innocent victim
16:58when it suits them.
17:00Why?
17:00Because they're good merchants.
17:02Or what else they really want
17:04is the whole thing.
17:09Excuse me, Colonel.
17:10Please, may I say something?
17:15Okay, I heard.
17:16Say whatever you want.
17:18Huh.
17:18Well done, Adder.
17:20You're certainly right
17:21about what you say.
17:22But if you're a human being
17:26and have the power
17:27to make decisions,
17:28you'll understand
17:29that no one will
17:30pick up weapons
17:31and march halfway
17:33across the world
17:34just to help us.
17:36That's not being realistic.
17:39They will only
17:41if there is something
17:42to gain,
17:43something good.
17:44That's that.
17:45that's what I'm saying.
17:49I love you.
17:50I love you.
17:51I love you.
17:52I love you.
17:53I love you.
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