Once Upon a Time in Iran
Once Upon a Time in Iran or Khatoon is an Iranian historical drama romance television series created by Tina Pakravan, starring Negar Javaherian, 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 story of Once Upon a Time in Iran takes place during the years of World War II. Khatoon, a Bakhtiari woman, is married to Shirzad, a soldier during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi. At this time, although Iran has declared neutrality in this war, northern Iran is occupied by the Soviet Union and southern Iran is occupied by the British. At the instigation of Commissioner Rajabov, Shirzad is forced to divorce Khatoon, who has been arrested many times for political reasons. In the meantime, Khatoon, in search of her father, who is an exiled prisoner, flees to Tehran with the help of a man named Reza Fakhar, who later falls in love with her. Now we witness the simultaneous love of Khatoon's ex-husband Shirzad and Reza Fakhar for Khatoon.Cast
Main
- Negar Javaherian as Khatoon Bakhtiari
- Ashkan Khatibi as Shirzad Malek
- Mirsaeed Molavian as Reza Fakhar
- Babak Hamidian as Commissar Rajabof
Recurring
- Reza Behboudi as Dr. Bukowski
- Shabnam Moghaddami as Fakhr al-Nasa
- Shahrokh Foroutanian as Fereydoun Khan
- Mahtab Servati as Mary
- Mehran Modiri as Jahangir Roozbeh
- Mehran Ghafourian as Mosio
- Setareh Eskandari as Reyhaneh Fakhar
- Babak Karimi as Haji Zarrabi
- Roya Nonahali as Mehrbanoo
- Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia as Mir Azim
- Pantea Panahiha as Gohar
- Setareh Pesyani as Parvin
- Bizhan Emkanian as Esfandiar Bakhtiari
- Behnaz Jafari as Raana
- Banipal Shoomoon as Oorang
- Mehdi Ghorbani as Farhad
- Samaneh Moniri as Goli
- Payam Dehkordi 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 as Mr. Akhavan
- Atefeh Razavi as Ghodrat
- Pejman Bazeghi 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