Season 1 • Episode 19
LatestZire Tigh was an Iranian drama television series broadcast by the IRIB network. The series was finished after 19 episodes, and was extremely popular with viewers. It could be seen Wednesday nights after the nightly national news on Channel 1 in Iran. The show was later re-aired shown daily on IRIB 1, IRIB 2 and IRIB 3 for those living out of the country. The show's last episode aired March 12, 2007.
Acting
Parviz Parastouei's patriarch is gloriously monstrous.
Writing
Family dysfunction so precise it feels like documentary.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-revolution Iranian TV rarely allowed such open critique of patriarchal structures; this was boundary-pushing television.
Parastouei and Motamed-Arya were already Iran's most celebrated screen couple, making their toxic on-screen dynamic extra delicious.
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