Director: Reza Azamian
Cast: Mohammad Reza Foroutan, Mitra Hajjar, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Siamak Atlasi, Roya Taymourian
Deltangihaye Asheghaneh is a 2014 Iranian drama-romance-war film directed by Reza Azamian, tracing a love story that unfolds across two of the most consequential periods in modern Iranian history — the revolutionary upheaval of the late 1970s and the early years of the Iran-Iraq War.
What is Deltangihaye Asheghaneh about?
Fereshteh and Manouchehr first cross paths during street demonstrations, when he helps her evade security forces. Years pass, and a chance reunion draws them together despite opposition from her family; they eventually wed and begin building a life together. Their domestic world is then interrupted when Iraq launches its invasion of Iran, and Manouchehr, like countless men of his generation, is called to the front lines. The film follows how their relationship — still new, still fragile — endures the weight of absence, uncertainty, and the slow passage of wartime. The story stays centered on the emotional bond between the two protagonists, using the historical backdrop to examine what ordinary couples carry when history intervenes.
Cast & crew
Mohammad Reza Foroutan plays Manouchehr, drawing on a career built across Iranian dramatic cinema. Mitra Hajjar portrays Fereshteh, lending the character a grounded restraint. Supporting roles are filled by Shahrokh Foroutanian, Siamak Atlasi, and Roya Taymourian, each contributing to the domestic and communal texture that surrounds the central couple. Director Reza Azamian shapes the ensemble with an emphasis on period atmosphere and interpersonal detail.
Context & significance
Iranian war-romance cinema occupies a distinct place in the country's film culture. The Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988) generated a substantial body of work that ranges from frontline combat dramas to intimate stories of families separated by the conflict. Deltangihaye Asheghaneh sits closer to the latter tradition, foregrounding the emotional experience of those who wait rather than those who fight. For diaspora viewers who grew up hearing family accounts of the same era, the film offers a recognizable domestic register — the wedding, the neighborhood, the sudden departure — rendered in the visual language of Persian cinema. The title itself, meaning roughly «Romantic Longings,» signals the film's priority: attachment and loss over spectacle.
Where & how to watch
Deltangihaye Asheghaneh is available to stream on K-Time with original Persian audio. Watch on the web, a smart TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start or cancel anytime.