''Nargess'' () is an Iranian

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. It was supposed to be the first 90-episode

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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

's TV with such a story line, but the series finished in 69 episodes which was still the longest series in its kind broadcast so far. Poopak Goldarreh, who played the main character of the series named Nargess, died in a car accident when the series was filming its 37th episode. After this incident,

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 ...

played as a substitute actress. The actress who portrayed Nasrin (Nargess' sister) refused to play for a few days because she couldn't bear playing with anyone other than Goldarreh. A notable point of ''Nargess'' is the performance of Hasan Pourshirazi as Mr. Shoukat, a wealthy cloth dealer in Tehran's bazar. Months after the final episode was broadcast,

Zar Amir Ebrahimi Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (; born 9 July 1981), known professionally as Zar Amir Ebrahimi (, ), is an Iranian and French actress, producer and director. She rose to international prominence for her performance as journalist Arezoo Rahimi in the crime ...

, one of the main and most popular characters of the TV show, became the center of a national scandal when a homemade sex tape purportedly featuring her was leaked to the internet. Because of legal and social problems she was facing following this incident, the actress moved to

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

(UAE) and then to Europe.

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* 2006 Iranian television series debuts 2006 Iranian television series endings Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting original programming Persian-language television shows {{Drama-tv-prog-stub