Director: Siamak Mardaneh

Cast: Sareh Bayat, Pejman Jamshidi, Kourosh Tahami, Mehran Ghafourian, Elham Korda

Mahkoom is a 2025 Iranian drama series directed by Siamak Mardaneh, following a grieving prosecutor who must choose between the pull of new love and the weight of her responsibilities as a mother and a public servant.

What is Mahkoom about?

Nasrin is a prosecutor who has spent years holding her family together after losing her husband. When a chance at a new relationship appears on the horizon, her teenage son pushes back with fierce resistance, and a string of unexpected professional crises threatens to unravel everything she has built. Caught between her longing for a personal life and the unrelenting demands of her caseload, Nasrin must decide what she is willing to sacrifice — and whether any choice can truly be the right one when everyone she loves stands to lose something.

Cast & crew

The series is directed by Siamak Mardaneh and features a strong ensemble. Sareh Bayat leads as Nasrin, bringing the quiet resilience she is known for in Iranian drama. She is supported by Pejman Jamshidi, Tahami, Mehran Ghafourian, Elham Korda, Esmaeel Mehrabi, Younes Haranof, and Shadi Khalili — a cast that covers the full emotional range the story demands.

Context & significance

Iranian social-drama series have long explored the tension between public duty and private life, and Mahkoom sits squarely in that tradition. For diaspora viewers, stories centred on professional Iranian women navigating family pressure and career obligation carry particular resonance — they reflect lives many viewers or their relatives have lived. The 2025 premiere season marks the series among the newer wave of Iranian productions that take the female protagonist seriously, depicting her not as a symbol but as a person with competing and legitimate needs. Viewers who appreciate character-driven drama with a grounded Tehran backdrop will feel at home here.

Where & how to watch

Mahkoom is available on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no geo-blocking, no VPN required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.