The Assignment
1987, Persian. Directed by Hossein Zandbaf.
Mr. Saadat's [Morteza Ahmadi] daughter Manizheh [Soroor Najatollahi] has agreed to marry Engineer Mehran [Ali Shoa'i]. Mr. Saadat, a mistrustful man, has Mr. Taqi [Akbar Abdi] keep an eye on Mehran. Mr. Taqi claims Mehran is a member of a gang of heroin smugglers. It soon becomes clear the smuggler in question [Babak Shoa'i] is someone else who resembles Mehran and lives in the building where Saadat lives; Mehran and Mr. Saadat's daughter are free to marry.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 1 January 1987
- Original title
- ماموریت
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Saeed Ebrahimifar
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The Assignment isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1987. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Assignment?
The Assignment (1987) was directed by Hossein Zandbaf and stars Akbar Abdi, Ali Shoa'i, Morteza Ahmadi.