What does Ghoorbagheh mean?

It translates as Frog — the Persian title قورباغه. The series streams under that name on Ktime.

Who stars in Ghoorbagheh?

Navid Mohammadzadeh leads, with director Houman Seyedi himself, Saber Abr, Fereshteh Hosseini and Sahar Dolatshahi in the ensemble.

Is Ghoorbagheh highly rated?

Yes — it holds an IMDb 8.1 across more than 30,000 votes, one of the higher-rated Persian crime series in our catalogue.

Is Ghoorbagheh in Persian?

Yes — it streams on Ktime in original Persian with no VPN and no geo-block.

Ghoorbagheh (Frog) — Houman Seyedi's Crime Series, on Ktime

A man's violent past closes in on him over a handful of restless nights. Houman Seyedi's Ghoorbagheh is one of the most acclaimed Persian crime series of recent years — IMDb 8.1 across more than 30,000 votes, led by Navid Mohammadzadeh.

Ghoorbagheh — قورباغه, “Frog” — is Houman Seyedi doing on television what he does in his films: crime as a moral undertow, told with a restless camera and no patience for clean heroes. It carries an IMDb 8.1 across more than 30,000 votes, which puts it among the best-reviewed Persian crime series we stream.

What it’s about

Seyedi builds the show around a man whose past will not stay buried — debts, old violence, people he wronged and people who wronged him — and lets the present tighten around him night by night. The structure is deliberately uneasy, cutting across time so that you assemble the truth a piece at a time rather than being handed it. At the centre is Navid Mohammadzadeh, one of the most magnetic actors of his generation, surrounded by a deep ensemble: Saber Abr, Fereshteh Hosseini, Sahar Dolatshahi, and Seyedi himself.

Why it stands out

Iranian crime drama often has to work around the censor; Seyedi’s answer is mood. Ghoorbagheh is shot like a noir — close, nocturnal, morally smudged — and trusts the audience to sit with discomfort. The 8.1 rating across 30,000-plus votes is not a fluke of a small fanbase; it is a genuinely admired show. If you came to Mohammadzadeh through his films, this is where he gets a long-form canvas.

If you like this

For more in the register, Asphalt Jungle and Shoghal are the other Persian crime series on Ktime, and Mohammadzadeh also appears in Leila’s Brothers. The Iranian drama shelf and the 2024 collection carry the rest.

Watching on Ktime

Ghoorbagheh streams on Ktime in original Persian, full quality, on Android TV, Fire TV, Google TV and Nvidia Shield — no VPN, no geo-block. Start watching, or pick up the pre-configured Ktime دستگاه at an Iranian shop in the Greater Toronto Area and start the first episode tonight.