Director: Mostafa Shayesteh
Cast: Reza Kianian, Roya Teymorian, Afsaneh Bayegan, Bita Saharkhiz
Khabar-e Khasi Nist is a 2016 Iranian drama-family film directed by Mostafa Shayesteh, starring Reza Kianian and Roya Teymorian. Running two hours and twenty minutes, it is a quiet domestic story about family bonds stretched by the unexpected arrival of a stranger at a gathering meant to celebrate life's milestones.
What is Khabar-e Khasi Nist about?
Two sisters have built comfortable, settled lives side by side. As their household prepares to celebrate a daughter's upcoming wedding, the family arranges a gathering that is meant to be a moment of joy and togetherness. The evening takes an unexpected turn when a young man — unknown to any of them — appears at their door. His presence, seemingly small at first, begins to unsettle the assumptions everyone has been living with. Old loyalties, unspoken tensions, and private histories rise quietly to the surface as the family tries to make sense of who this person is and what his arrival means for all of them.
Cast & crew
Reza Kianian brings authority and warmth to the family drama, drawing on decades of experience in Iranian cinema. Roya Teymorian, one of Iran's most respected stage and screen actresses, grounds her role with understated restraint. Afsaneh Bayegan and Bita Saharkhiz round out the ensemble, giving the domestic setting its lived-in emotional texture. Director Mostafa Shayesteh holds the ensemble together with a patient, observational hand.
Context & significance
Iranian domestic dramas in the tradition of Khabar-e Khasi Nist occupy a particular place in Persian-language cinema: they are intimate, dialogue-driven stories that find weight in the rhythms of family life rather than in external event. For diaspora viewers who grew up watching their own relatives gather around a sofrehye, the dynamics of such a film — the unspoken hierarchies, the pride and the quiet friction — carry a specific resonance. This film's family-party setting is both familiar and universal, making it accessible to younger diaspora viewers who may have limited Farsi but still recognize the social choreography of an Iranian household event.
Where & how to watch
Khabar-e Khasi Nist is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. You can watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no extra download required, no VPN, no geo-blocking. Cancel anytime.