Name: Killing a Traitor
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2023-08-25
Cast: Mehran Modiri, Poulad Kimiayi, Amir Aghaei, Sara Bahrami, Sam Derakhshani

A heist for Iran's soul — what could possibly go sideways?

Currently Airing

Period tensionPatriotic desperationPolitical noir

Latest Episode

Season 1 • Episode 4

Latest

Episode 04

Sep 15, 2023

Overview

Drama Crime

In the early years of the 30s of Hijri, a group of patriotic and freedom-loving people planned to provide the amount needed for the national loan of Dr. Mohammad Mosadegh during a robbery operation from the National Bank. But everything does not go according to their plan and...

IR Persian

Content warning

National identity under siegeThe cost of idealismLoyalty vs. survivalHistorical revisionism

Standout Aspects

Acting

Mehran Modiri sheds comedy for desperate gravitas.

Production

Early 1950s Tehran recreated with suffocating authenticity.

Direction

Ali Oji builds heist tension around what history already spoiled.

Best for:Solo·Binge

Creator

Ali Oji

First AiredAug 25, 2023

StatusOngoing

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensityhigh

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Seasons1·Episodes4

Top Cast

Mehran Modiri

Poulad Kimiayi

Amir Aghaei

Sara Bahrami

Sam Derakhshani

Narges Mohammadi

Reza Yazdani

Farhad Aeish

Pantea Bahram

Elham Hamidi

Fariba Naderi

Mani Heidari

Ahmad Sotoodeh

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Mosadegh's 1951 nationalization of Iranian oil remains one of the most consequential — and CIA-derailed — moments in Middle Eastern political history.

Trivia

The series was filmed under significant production constraints; several outdoor Tehran sequences required shooting in substitute locations due to modern development erasing 1950s architecture.