Director: Wallex
Cast: Amirhossein Ghiasi
Pump is a 2025 Iranian comedy talk show directed by Wallex and hosted by Amirhossein Ghiasi, bringing a freewheeling, unscripted energy to Persian-language entertainment with conversations that veer between sharp wit, personal confession, and outright absurdist humour.
What is Pump about?
Each episode of Pump plants Amirhossein Ghiasi across from a different guest — celebrities, artists, athletes, or everyday personalities — and lets the dialogue find its own rhythm. There is no rigid agenda, no polished teleprompter script. The host steers with a light hand, coaxing guests toward moments they would never share on a conventional set. What emerges is a portrait of contemporary Iranian pop culture as filtered through candid, often hilarious exchanges. The show trusts its audience to sit with ambiguity, laughter, and the occasional awkward silence, making each episode feel more like eavesdropping on a real conversation than watching a formatted programme.
The K-Time take
Ghiasi's on-screen presence is the engine here — he reads guests with precision and knows when to push and when to pull back, which keeps even the most unpredictable conversations watchable. The production keeps its framing deliberately loose, allowing personality to carry the weight that production gloss usually masks. For fans of candid long-form interview formats, Pump lands as a genuinely fresh entry in the Iranian talk-show space.
Cast & crew
The show is hosted and largely shaped by Amirhossein Ghiasi, a comedian and entertainer whose natural timing and improvisational instincts have earned him a broad following among younger Persian-speaking audiences. Behind the camera, director Wallex keeps the visual language relaxed and unobtrusive, prioritising the conversation over cinematographic flourish.
Context & significance
For the Iranian diaspora, the talk-show format has long occupied a complicated space — state television back home leaned heavily on stiff formality, while satellite channels filled the gap with variety-entertainment hybrids. Pump arrives at a moment when internet-distributed Persian content is redefining what a chat show can look and sound like. Free from broadcast constraints, it speaks to a generation that grew up watching international long-form podcasts and expects honesty, self-deprecation, and genuine personality from their hosts. That combination — relaxed format, recognisable voices, actual laughter — makes the show land for diaspora viewers who want a connection to contemporary Iranian cultural conversation without the distance of heavily produced programming.
Where & how to watch
Pump is available to stream on K-Time with the original Persian audio and without geo-blocking, so you can watch from anywhere in the world. Stream on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed. Subscribe and cancel anytime.