''Once Upon a Time in Iran'' or ''Khatoon'' ( fa, روزی روزگاری در ایران / خاتون) is a

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Iranian

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series directed and written by

Tina Pakravan Tina Pakravan ( fa, تینا پاکروان; 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 Th ...

. The first episode of this series was released on Namava on August 9, 2021. The series stars

Negar Javaherian Negar Javaherian ( fa, نگار جواهریان, 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'' (20 ...

, Ashkan Khatibi, Mirsaeed Molavian and

Babak Hamidian Babak Hamidian ( fa, بابک حمیدیان; born 1981) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Awards, Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers As ...

Synopsis

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

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whose life changed during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941.

Cast

Main

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

as Commissar Rajabof

Recurring

* Reza Behboudi as Dr. Bukowski *

Shabnam Moghaddami Shabnam Moghaddami ( fa, شبنم مقدمی, born in 1973) is an Iranian actress. Filmography Film and Television *2012 - ''Laboratory '' *2012 - ''Kissing the Moon-Like Face'' *2009 - ''Ashpaz Bashi'' (TV series) *2008 - ''Farzande khak'' *2 ...

as Fakhr al-Nasa * Shahrokh Foroutanian as Fereydoun Khan *

Mahtab Servati Mahtab Servati ( fa, مهتاب ثروتی; born January 22, 1992) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her performance in ''There Is No Evil'' (2020)'','' which won the Golden Bear at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. Servati ...

as Mary *

Mehran Modiri Mehran Modiri ( fa, مهران مدیری; born 7 April 1967) is an Iranian director, producer, actor, and singer. He is considered to be the leading artist in social satire in Iran. His various series, which have been broadcast through IRIB hav ...

as Jahangir Roozbeh * Mehran Ghafourian as Mosio *

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

as Reyhaneh Fakhar *

Babak Karimi Babak Karimi ( fa, بابک کریمی, 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'' (2 ...

as Haji Zarrabi *

Roya Nonahali Roya Nonahali ( fa, رویا نونهالی; 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 Sin ...

as Mehrbanoo *

Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia ( fa, محمدرضا شریفی‌نیا, 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'', ...

as Mir Azim *

Pantea Panahiha Pantea Panahiha ( fa, پانته‌آ پناهی‌ها; born 29 November 1977) is an Iranian actress and script supervisor. She is best known for acting in ''Breath'' (2016), which was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Languag ...

as Gohar *

Setareh Pesyani Setareh Pesyani ( fa, ستاره پسیانی; 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 Award for her performance in the war drama ''Ya ...

as Parvin *

Bizhan Emkanian Bijan Emkanian ( fa, بیژن امکانیان ) is an Iranian actor born on August 18, 1953 in Abadan, Iran. Selected filmography * ''Bijan and Dream and Shoes (Bijan o Khial o Kafsh), Short Film, 1969 * ''Liegemen'', 1981 * ''The Chrysanthemu ...

as Esfandiar Bakhtiari *

Behnaz Jafari Behnaz Jafari ( fa, بهناز جعفری, born in 1975) is an Iranian actress. Biography Behnaz Jafari was born in 1975, Tehran, Iran. She is graduated in dramatic literature from Islamic Azad University. She won the ''Crystal Simorgh for Bes ...

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

Payam Dehkordi Payam Naderi Dehkordi ( fa, پیام نادری دهکردی; 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 ...

as Nazarbeyg * Maria Shelkunova as Helena * Kamyar Haghi as Yan Homolka * Aida Mahiani as Barbara Kowalski * 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 ( fa, سروش صحت, born in Isfahan) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed number of Iranian TV series such as ''Char Khooneh'' and ''Iranian Dinner''. Selected filmography Acting * ''Cold Fever (TV s ...

as Mr. Akhavan *

Atefeh Razavi Atefeh Razavi ( fa, عاطفه رضوی , born March 6, 1969) is an Iranian actress and make-up artist. Filmography Actress Film *''An Soo-ye Atash (Across the Fire)'', 1986 * ''Zir-e Bamha-ye Shahr'', 1989 * '' Nargess'', 1992 * ''Yek Ma ...

as Ghodrat *

Pejman Bazeghi Pejman Bazeghi ( fa, پژمان بازغی; born 10 August 1974) is an Iranian actor. Biography Bazeghi was born on August 10, 1974 in Tehran, Iran to an ethnic Persian family. He is the second child of a family of five, with an origin from th ...

as Colonel Sangari * Ghazal Shakeri as Fahimeh Akbar * Bahnam Sharifi as Namjoo *

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as Sergeant MacArthur

Advertising & Visual Identity

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

Synopsis

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Advertising & Visual Identity

Episodes

Reception

Awards and nominations

References

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