Shahab Hosseini — Cannes Best Actor for The Salesman — leads, with Amin Hayaei, Lale Marzban, and Mina Sadati. It streams on K-Time in Persian, no VPN.

A psychological and social drama following Aban, an artificial-intelligence prodigy whose investment algorithm pulls him into an emotional and moral spiral.

Aban — Shahab Hosseini in a 2025 AI-Era Psychological Drama, on K-Time

A genius builds an algorithm that prints money — and a life that can't survive it. Aban brings Shahab Hosseini back to the screen for one of 2025's talked-about series.

When Shahab Hosseini takes a television role, it’s an event — the man won Best Actor at Cannes for The Salesman. In Aban — آبان — he anchors one of 2025’s most discussed new Iranian series.

What it’s about

Aban is a prodigy in artificial intelligence who builds an algorithm for profitable trades in the financial markets. What begins as brilliance becomes a psychological and social drama — money, ambition, and the human cost of a machine that’s always right. It’s a strikingly contemporary premise for Iranian television, and it lands at exactly the moment AI is reshaping every conversation.

Hosseini leads a heavyweight cast: Amin Hayaei, Lale Marzban, and Mina Sadati.

Why watch it

Iranian series rarely reach for the AI-and-finance thriller; Aban does, and grounds it in the emotional register Iranian drama does best. For diaspora viewers it’s a chance to see Hosseini in long-form, carrying a story built for the moment.

Watching on K-Time

Aban streams on K-Time in Persian, full quality, on Android TV, Fire TV, Google TV, and Nvidia Shield — no VPN, no geo-block. New episodes land as they air.