Wars and Treasure

Wars and Treasure

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Wars and Treasure

2000

1h 40m

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Fariba Mortazavi

Fariba/Rasool

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Manoochehr Farhang

Manoochehr

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Mohammad Taheri

Mohammad

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Yaser Rakh

Yaser

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Arezoo Kheyroshar

Arezoo

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Farrokhe Yazdanfar

Farrokhe

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Parvin Solaymani

Parvin

Parvin Solaymani

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