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A production team member of the animated film 'Battle of the Persian Gulf II' holds the movie's poster, in Tehran.

Movie theaters in Tehran started showing a feature-length animation depicting a battle between Iranian and U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf amid rising tensions between the two longtime foes.

The Battle of the Persian Gulf II imagines Irans response to a U.S. attack, director Farhad Azima said by phone on Monday. The 88-minute animation, which was screened two weeks ago in the holy city of Mashhad, shows the wide range of Irans weaponry and military tactics, he said.

Production began before the 2015 accord that lifted a host of economic sanctions on Iran in return for curbing its nuclear activities. Its release, however, comes at a time of worsening relations between the two countries after the election of Donald Trump who said he was putting the Islamic Republic on notice after it carried out a missile test in February.

Azima said one of the leading figures portrayed in the animation is inspired by General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds force, an elite unit that operates overseas and supports regional militant movements like Lebanons Hezbollah.

This is Iran, a place that for the likes of you means the end of the world, the commander is shown as saying in the trailer released online as he addresses enemy forces. If you attack Iran we will turn this into your cemetery, he says.

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