Once Upon a Time in Iran
Once Upon a Time in Iran (Persian: خاتون, romanized: 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 series centers on an Iranian Army family living in the northern part of the Imperial State of Iran whose life changes during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941.
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
Reception
Critical response
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Critics widely praised the supporting performances of Payam Dehkordi, Behnaz Jafari, Reza Behboodi, Mehran Ghafourian, Shabnam Moghaddami (top), Babak Hamidian, Pantea Panahiha, Setareh Pesyani, Ghazal Shakeri, and Farokh Nemati (bottom).