Director: Alireza Afkhami
Cast: Arash Majidi, Reza Tavakoli, Nasrin Nakisa, Morteza Kazemi
Ehzar is a 2021 Iranian horror-melodrama series directed by Alireza Afkhami, following four young women whose weekend getaway to northern Iran unravels into jealousy, buried grievances, and unexpected danger when a figure from the past intrudes on their group.
What is Ehzar about?
Maideh and Zohreh are cousins who set off for a leisure trip to the north of Iran with two close friends, Sousan and Shakiba. On the surface the four appear to be a tight-knit circle, yet beneath the warmth a quiet resentment simmers — one of them harbors a deep jealousy toward Maideh that has long gone unspoken. The journey creates the conditions for those hidden tensions to surface. When Mohsen, a former suitor of Maideh, joins the group unexpectedly, events take a darker turn and the lives of both Maideh and Zohreh are set on a path neither of them anticipated.
Cast & crew
The series is directed by Alireza Afkhami, a familiar name in Iranian television drama. The ensemble cast includes Arash Majidi and Reza Tavakoli in key roles, alongside Nasrin Nakisa and Morteza Kazemi. Together they carry a story that moves between the easy rhythms of friendship and the sharper edges of envy and unresolved history.
Context & significance
Iranian horror-melodrama sits at a fascinating intersection: the domestic tensions and complex female relationships that anchor Persian storytelling tradition meet the genre mechanics of dread and suspense. Ehzar belongs to a lineage of Iranian productions that use a road trip or group outing as a pressure cooker — the scenic backdrop of the Caspian north, familiar to many Iranian-diaspora viewers as a place of summer memory and family travel, makes the creeping unease land harder. For viewers outside Iran, the series offers both a cultural touchstone and an accessible entry point into contemporary Persian television genre work.
Where & how to watch
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