Director: Saeid Malekan
Cast: Amir Jadidi, Saed Soheili, Tinoo Salehi
RoozeSefr is a 2020 Iranian action thriller film directed by Saeid Malekan, dramatizing the high-stakes intelligence operation that led to the capture of one of the region's most wanted militant leaders. Clocking in at 110 minutes, it combines procedural tension with political intrigue in a grounded, real-world framework.
What is RoozeSefr about?
At the center of RoozeSefr is a covert mission years in the making. Iranian intelligence and security forces have been quietly closing in on Abdolmalek Rigi, the commander of a violent extremist group responsible for dozens of attacks on civilians and military personnel. The film unfolds across multiple fronts — tracking operatives in the field, analysts piecing together fragmentary intelligence, and commanders weighing impossible risks. As the net tightens, a narrow window opens for a single decisive strike. The tension is less about firefights than about timing, coordination, and the human cost of the decisions made in the shadows.
Cast & crew
Amir Jadidi leads the cast in a measured, controlled performance that suits the film's procedural register. Saed Soheili and Tinoo Salehi round out the principal ensemble, each grounding their roles in restraint rather than theatrics. Director Saeid Malekan keeps his performers tightly focused on function and consequence rather than heroic posturing.
Context & significance
For the Iranian diaspora, RoozeSefr arrives as a rare instance of Iranian domestic cinema engaging directly with the counterterrorism history of the late 2000s. The arrest of Abdolmalek Rigi in 2010 was a major moment in Iran's southeastern security story, and the film's dramatization invites viewers to reckon with a chapter that received little international coverage. Iranian genre cinema has steadily grown more technically sophisticated, and this film sits within that trajectory — borrowing the grammar of the international spy thriller while remaining rooted in specifically Iranian geography, personnel, and stakes. Diaspora viewers familiar with the news events will find layered detail; those coming in fresh will find a taut procedural.
Where & how to watch
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