In 1971, former anti-war activist Doug Roberts is a draftee in the U.S. Army assigned to the classified message center in Tehran, Iran, where he uncovers evidence that the regime is corrupt and propped up by one of the most brutal secret police forces in modern times: SAVAK. He knows this because his Iranian girlfriend's family is feeling SAVAK's repression while he is also targeted by SAVAK. Now, he's caught in the middle. He launches a thrilling and dangerous plan to smuggle his girlfriend and her mother out of the country.