What does Ghoorbagheh mean?

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

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 K-Time in original Persian with no VPN and no geo-block.

Ghoorbagheh (Frog) — Houman Seyedi's Crime Series, on K-Time

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 K-Time, and Mohammadzadeh also appears in Leila’s Brothers. The Iranian drama shelf and the 2024 collection carry the rest.

Watching on K-Time

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