''Once Upon a Time in Iran'' () is an Iranian

historical History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

romance Romance may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings ** Romantic orientation, the classification of the sex or gender with which a pers ...

television series created by

Tina Pakravan Tina Pakravan (; born 17 April 1977) is an Iranian film director, writer, producer, and actress. Career Tina Pakravan was born in 1977 in Tehran. She did a B.A. in movie directing from Tehran Faculty of Cinema and Theater. Her cinematic career ...

, starring

Negar Javaherian Negar Javaherian (; born January 12, 1983) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her acting in '' Gold and Copper'' (2010), '' Here Without Me'' (2011), ''A Cube of Sug''ar (2011) and '' The Painting Pool'' (2013). She has received various ...

, Ashkan Khatibi and Mirsaeed Molavian, alongside an ensemble supporting cast. The first episode of this series was released on Namava on 9 August 2021.

Premise

The series centers on an Iranian Army family living in the northern part of the

Imperial State of Iran Imperial is that which relates to an empire, Emperor, emperor/empress, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imperial, Nebraska * Imperial, Pennsylvania ...

whose life changes during the

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, also known as the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia, was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941. The two powers announced that they w ...

in 1941.

Cast

Main

as Khatoon Bakhtiari * Ashkan Khatibi as Shirzad Malek * Mirsaeed Molavian as Reza Fakhar *

Babak Hamidian Babak Hamidian (; born September 10, 1980) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards''.'' Ear ...

as Commissar Rajabof

Recurring

* Reza Behboudi as Dr. Bukowski *

Shabnam Moghaddami Shabnam Moghaddami (), born March 23, 1972, is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, Crystal Simorghs, three Hafez Awards, and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award. Moghaddami's pro ...

as Fakhr al-Nasa * Shahrokh Foroutanian as Fereydoun Khan * Mahtab Servati as Mary *

Mehran Modiri Mehran Modiri (; born 7 April 1967) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian director, actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, host and singer. Career His various series, which have been broadcast through IRIB have set records in terms of viewership (an ...

as Jahangir Roozbeh * Mehran Ghafourian as Mosio *

Setareh Eskandari Setareh Eskandari (; also Romanization, Romanized as "Setāreh Eskandari", ; born June 15, 1974) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian stage, movie, and TV Actor, actress. She is mostly known for her parts in TV series since 1994, especially the TV seri ...

as Reyhaneh Fakhar *

Babak Karimi Babak Karimi (; born 1960) is a Czech-Iranian actor. For his role in '' A Separation'', he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival in 2011. Filmography Film * ''Tickets'' (2005) * '' A Separation'' ...

as Haji Zarrabi *

Roya Nonahali Roya Nonahali (; born February 13, 1963) is an Iranian actress and director. She studied painting, and has worked in theatre since 1984. Nonahali started film acting with ''The Beloved Is at Home'' (1987, by Khosrow Sinai). Then she was selected b ...

as Mehrbanoo *

Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia (, born 15 June 1955) is an Iranian actor and film producer . Early life Sharifinia was born on 15 June 1955 in Tehran, Iran. After graduating from the ''Faculty of Dramatic Arts'', he married Iranian actress Azita Haji ...

as Mir Azim * Pantea Panahiha as Gohar *

Setareh Pesyani Setareh Pesyani (; born September 8, 1985) is an Iranian actress. She has won an Honorary Diploma at the 39th Fajr Film Festival and an Urban International Film Festival, Urban International Film Festival Award for her performance in the war dram ...

as Parvin * Bizhan Emkanian as Esfandiar Bakhtiari *

Behnaz Jafari Behnaz Jafari (; born 16 August 1975, in Tehran) is an Iranian actress. Biography Jafari was born in Tehran and graduated with a bachelor's degree in dramatic literature from the Islamic Azad University. Jafari first learned acting by attendi ...

as Raana * Banipal Shoomoon as Oorang * Mehdi Ghorbani as Farhad * Samaneh Moniri as Goli *

Payam Dehkordi Payam Naderi Dehkordi (; born 10 May 1977) is an Iranian actor and theater director. He is best known for his role as Michael Hashemian in ''Gando'' (2019–2021). Filmography Film Web Television Theater * The Death of A Salesman - di ...

as Nazarbeyg * Maria Shelkunova as Helena * Kamyar Haghi as Yan Homolka * Aida Mahiani as Barbara Kowalska * Farrokh Nemati as Brigadier Aria * Peyman Mirzaei as Nasib * Benyamin Norouzi as Amirali * Shrin Mohseni as Gol Khanoom * Reza Abbasi as Gol Agha

Guest

Soroush Sehhat Soroush Sehhat (; born ) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and actor. Filmography Film Web Television References External links https://www.filimo.com/crew/Soroush-Sehhat * Soroush SehhatOn SourehCinema (in Persian) Liv ...

as Mr. Akhavan * Atefeh Razavi as Ghodrat *

Pejman Bazeghi Pejman Bazeghi (; born August 10, 1974) is an Iranian actor. Early life and career Bazeghi was born on August 10, 1974, in Tehran, Iran to an ethnic Gilaki Persian-speaking family. He is the second child of a family of five, with an origin fr ...

as Colonel Sangari * Ghazal Shakeri as Fahimeh Akbar * Bahnam Sharifi as Namjoo * Sohrab Fatemi as Sergeant MacArthur

Advertising and visual identity

* Mehdi Javadinasab as Graphic Designer * A4 Design House as Visual Identity Design

Episodes

Reception

Critical response

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, tt15157576
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Iranian television series 2021 Iranian television series debuts