Director: Bahram Bahramiyan
Cast: Hoseyn Yari-Bita Farahi-Kamran Tafti-Habib Dehghan- Reza Yazdani
Az Yadha Rafteh is a 2019 Iranian historical drama series directed by Bahram Bahramiyan, set in 1319 (1940 by the Gregorian calendar). The story follows Forough, an Iranian woman who returns home after studying medicine in France, only to find herself caught between two worlds with starkly different values.
What is Az Yadha Rafte about?
Forough has spent years in France earning her medical degree, absorbing European norms and expectations. When she returns to Iran in 1319, the country she encounters is not the one she imagined — the customs, social codes, and daily rhythms of her homeland feel foreign, even suffocating. Her professional ambitions clash with deeply rooted traditions, and she wrestles with a sense of belonging that refuses to settle. Over time, through observation and quiet reckoning, she begins to understand the inner logic of her community's way of life — not as an obstacle, but as a living inheritance that carries its own dignity. The series charts her gradual, sometimes painful movement toward reconciliation with her roots.
Cast & crew
The series is directed by Bahram Bahramiyan. The ensemble cast includes Hoseyn Yari, Bita Farahi, Kamran Tafti, Habib Dehghan, and Reza Yazdani — a mix of experienced television performers whose work spans Iranian drama and period productions across several decades.
Context & significance
Period dramas set in early twentieth-century Iran occupy a meaningful place in the country's television tradition, often using the Pahlavi era as a lens to examine questions of identity, modernity, and cultural continuity. Az Yadha Rafteh sits squarely in that lineage, centering a woman whose education abroad becomes a source of inner conflict rather than straightforward empowerment. For diaspora audiences, the premise resonates on a personal level: the experience of living between cultures, of feeling foreign in one's own homeland after years abroad, is one many Iranian families abroad know intimately. The series offers an early-twentieth-century mirror for a very contemporary feeling.
Where & how to watch
Az Yadha Rafteh is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Start and cancel anytime.