When his business partner is hurt in a car accident, happily married Mahmoud (Fariborz Arabnia) must travel to Tehran, where he falls for the beautiful Sima (Hedye Tehrani). The two agree to a "temporary marriage," but problems arise when Sima doesn't want the arrangement to end. Sima's reluctance to play her expected role in this common Islamic practice soon turns to obsession in this smash hit from Iran.

Sara Parsa, a newspaper reporter, and Rahim, a chemical weapons veteran, are traveling together on a train heading to Abadan. Sara has a mission to report on today's youth conference, to which foreign guests have been invited. Rahim has a mission to clear a broken silo left over from the war, full of ammunition and explosives.