Director: Homayoun Asadiyan
Cast: Fateme Goodarzi, Shohre Soltani, Faride Sajadi, Alireza Kamali, Elmira Dehghani
Lahzeye Gorgomish is a 2018 Iranian drama series directed by Homayoun Asadiyan, following three decades in the life of a traditional family and the singular journey of their only daughter — from the turbulent 1980s through war and social upheaval to the present day.
What is Lahzeye Gorgomish about?
The series opens in the 1360s (1980s) at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, where an established Iranian family must hold together against forces that threaten everything they have built. At the centre is the family's only daughter, whose personal ambitions and relationships become the lens through which the audience watches a country transform. Each decade brings new economic pressures, shifting cultural norms, and private heartbreaks that test the bonds between parents and children, husbands and wives. The story moves through marriage, loss, and reinvention without romanticising the hardships, arriving finally in a contemporary setting that reflects how far — and at what cost — they have all travelled.
Cast & crew
Director Homayoun Asadiyan brings a measured, character-driven sensibility to the material. The ensemble is led by Fateme Goodarzi and Shohre Soltani, with strong support from Faride Sajadi, Alireza Kamali, Elmira Dehghani, Hesam Mahmoudi, Paniiz Borzali, and Naser Sajadi — a cast whose collective experience in Iranian television drama lends the multigenerational storyline its emotional weight.
Context & significance
For Iranian diaspora viewers, Lahzeye Gorgomish offers something rare: a drama that honestly tracks three decades of life inside Iran without reducing that history to a single political note. The series spans the post-revolution 1980s, the reconstruction years of the 1990s, and the digital present — periods that shaped the generation now living abroad. Themes of family duty, women's choices, economic hardship, and social change resonate directly with viewers who either lived those decades or grew up hearing about them from parents. It is the kind of multigenerational saga that prompts late-night phone calls home.
Where & how to watch
Lahzeye Gorgomish is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Cancel your K-Time subscription anytime.