Special Operation 85: Hostage Rescue

The game is a 3D^[2] first-person shooter^[4] with eight levels of play.^[2] The player character, Bahram Nasseri, must kill US and Israeli soldiers and manage his Iranian-made AK-47's ammunition while pursuing the rescue objectives.^[2] Nasseri must also obtain secret information from the laptops of slain enemy combatants.^[1]

Special Operation 85 was created in three years^[1] on a budget of US$ 32,000 (300 million rials)^[5] provided by the Union of the Islamic Students.^[3] The development team, led by Ali Reza Masaeli, was based in Isfahan, Iran.^[1]

The game was created in response to Assault on Iran, an American video game by Kuma Reality Games that simulates the destruction of an Iranian nuclear facility by US military forces.^[1] According to Mohammad Taghi Fakhrian, the Union's secretary general, the game was inspired by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,^[2] and aims to encourage ideals such as "defense, sacrifice and martyrdom".^[1] He has responded to critics by stressing that the game does not promote terrorism.^[3]