Women Without Men chronicles the intertwining lives of four Iranian women during the summer of the coup d tat. The Iranian Islamic revolution a cataclysmic moment in history when an American led, British backed mission led to the over throw of Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and reinstalled the Shah to power. Over the course of several days four disparate women in the middle east from the Iranian culture are brought together against the backdrop of political and social chaos. As the political turmoil swells in the streets of Tehran, each woman seeks to be liberated from her predicament.