Director: Hadi Hejazifar

Cast: Hadi Hejazifar, Mehrdad Sedighian, Abbas Jamshidifar, Zhila Shahi, Sahar Dolatshahi

Dariush is a 2024 Iranian drama series directed by Hadi Hejazifar, following the quiet upheaval that erupts when a man returns to the city he abandoned eleven years earlier. A slow-burn family drama rooted in guilt, estrangement, and the weight of unfinished history.

What is Dariush about?

After more than a decade of deliberate absence, a man named Dariush arrives back in the city he once fled. The streets, the faces, and the silences hold memories he has spent years trying to outrun. As he re-enters the lives of people he left behind — family, former connections, and neighbours shaped by his disappearance — old wounds surface and quiet confrontations begin to unfold. The series builds its tension through the accumulation of small, loaded exchanges rather than dramatic confrontations, asking what it means to seek a place in a life that moved on without you.

Cast & crew

Hadi Hejazifar directs and leads the cast as Dariush, carrying both the weight of the character's absence and his return. He is joined by Mehrdad Sedighian, Abbas Jamshidifar, Zhila Shahi, Sahar Dolatshahi, Amir Noruzi, Mohsen Ghasabian, and Vahid Hejazifar in an ensemble shaped entirely by Iranian talent.

Context & significance

Iranian drama series of this kind occupy a distinct space in Persian-language storytelling — domestic in scope yet wide in emotional reach. For diaspora viewers, a story about a man who ran from his home and now must face it carries a resonance that goes well beyond the screen. The theme of voluntary exile, of leaving and the impossible question of returning, is something many Iranians abroad carry personally. Dariush offers no easy reconciliation; it sits with the discomfort of re-entry and the slow reckoning that follows. The 2024 production brings a cast of respected Iranian actors to a subject that feels immediate and personal for viewers watching from outside Iran.

Where & how to watch

Dariush is available to stream on K-Time in original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your Android TV, or your phone — no geo-blocking, no VPN required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.