Director: Ebrahim Ebrahimiyan
Cast: Hedie Tehrani, Mohammad Reza Foroutan, Sare Bayat, Hamidreza Azarang, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
Aadat Nemikonim is a 2016 Iranian drama-romance film directed by Ebrahim Ebrahimiyan, starring Hedie Tehrani and Mohammad Reza Foroutan. Set within the tightly wound social fabric of a middle-class Tehran marriage, the film examines how suspicion, loyalty, and the fear of truth can quietly dismantle even the most familiar bonds.
What is Aadat Nemikonim about?
Mahtab, a woman haunted by growing unease about her husband Ahmad — a respected university professor — begins to sense that something is being kept from her. A mutual family friend named Sima becomes the catalyst, steering Mahtab toward Ahmad's student Farnoosh and pushing her to confront what she fears most. Ahmad, insisting on his innocence, finds himself cornered on every side. When Farnoosh dies unexpectedly, the situation shifts entirely, drawing all four characters — Mahtab, Ahmad, Sima, and her husband Mansoor — into a shared reckoning with secrets that can no longer stay buried. The film moves slowly and deliberately, letting tension accumulate through glances and silences rather than dramatic confrontation.
Cast & crew
Hedie Tehrani, one of Iranian cinema's most recognized leading actresses, brings measured restraint to Mahtab — a character defined more by what she holds back than what she says. Mohammad Reza Foroutan anchors Ahmad with quiet dignity, and Sare Bayat adds unsettling ambiguity as Sima. Hamidreza Azarang and Shirin Yazdanbakhsh round out the ensemble with grounded supporting work. The film is directed by Ebrahim Ebrahimiyan.
Context & significance
For diaspora viewers who grew up with Iranian domestic drama, Aadat Nemikonim occupies familiar but genuinely felt territory: a marriage under pressure, a friendship turned weapon, and the particular Tehran middle-class milieu where reputation and appearances carry enormous weight. The film belongs to a strand of contemporary Iranian cinema that favors psychological tension over spectacle — quiet rooms, loaded conversations, characters who cannot say what they mean. That restraint, sometimes frustrating in the moment, is also what makes the story feel close. Diaspora audiences who remember the social texture of urban Iranian life will recognize its rhythms instantly.
Where & how to watch
Aadat Nemikonim is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. You can watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Cancel anytime.