An outspoken American journalist, played by Jim Caviezel, is kidnapped by members of the Iranian regime while he is in Cairo, Egypt making speeches. He is then taken to the Middle East and put on trial for erroneous and phony spying charges. His wife (Claudia Karvan), a State Department official, tries to use her influence to get the American government involved. She wants the US government to get her husband back. However, she soon realizes that the American government will not get involved. So, she is forced to go to the Middle East to search for him herself.