Director: Mehran Modiri

Cast: Mehran Modiri, Zhila Sadeghi, Sam Derakhshani, Melissa Zakeri, Zhaleh Sameti

Ghahve Pedari is a 2024 Iranian drama-comedy series directed by and starring Mehran Modiri, following a cash-strapped family whose unlikely venture into coffee importing gradually transforms them into legends of the Iranian coffee trade — until a desperate situation pushes them well beyond the law.

What is Ghahve Pedari about?

The Rahimi family are warm, lovable, and persistently broke. When a chance opportunity in the coffee trade opens up, the family throws everything into importing beans from abroad, building a small enterprise that earns them a remarkable reputation across Iran. Their ambition grows faster than their income, however, and mounting pressure — financial, familial, and otherwise — eventually corners them into a scheme far riskier than any business deal: a bank robbery. The series balances sharp domestic comedy with genuine heart, tracking how ordinary people under extraordinary pressure make choices they never imagined they would.

Cast & crew

Mehran Modiri — one of Iranian television's most recognisable writer-director-performers — leads the series and helms it behind the camera as well. The ensemble includes Zhila Sadeghi, Sam Derakhshani, Melissa Zakeri, Zhaleh Sameti, Javad Razavian, Bita Saharkhiz, and Hamed Ahangi, a cast drawn from Iran's mainstream comedy and drama circuits.

Context & significance

For the diaspora, a Modiri series carries an almost Pavlovian pull — his projects have defined Iranian prime-time television across multiple decades, and Ghahve Pedari continues that tradition with a premise grounded in the economic pressures ordinary Iranian families know intimately. Coffee culture has exploded in Iran over the past decade, so the backdrop feels current and specific. The comedy is domestic and observational rather than broad or slapstick, making it comfortable viewing for mixed-age households and for viewers who have been away from Iran long enough to find the humour both familiar and nostalgic.

Where & how to watch

Ghahve Pedari is available on K-Time with the original Persian audio. Stream it on the web at ktime.app, on your Android TV or smart TV, or on your Android phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking anywhere in the world. Subscribe and cancel anytime.