Director: Seyyed Mohsen Khormardeh
Cast: Jalal Pishvaeian, Alireza Olia, Behzad Rahimkhani, Seyed Mohsen Khoramdarreh, Giti Saatchi
Radde Khoon is a 2013 Iranian drama film directed by Seyyed Mohsen Khormardeh, running 73 minutes and centered on a disabled veteran park ranger whose routine patrol with his son turns into a tense moral confrontation with armed poachers in a protected wilderness zone.
What is Radde Khoon about?
A war-veteran park ranger, still carrying wounds from the battlefield, patrols a protected nature reserve alongside his son Akbar. Their ordinary shift is interrupted when they encounter a group of hunters who have entered a restricted hunting ground out of season. The poachers are armed with an ornate, unlicensed gold-inlaid rifle — a weapon that signals both wealth and arrogance. As the confrontation unfolds, tensions escalate beyond a simple case of law-breaking, revealing deeper questions about duty, authority, and the fragile boundaries between protection and violence in rural Iran.
Cast & crew
Jalal Pishvaeian leads as the veteran ranger, bringing quiet resilience to a physically demanding role. Alireza Olia and Behzad Rahimkhani appear in key supporting parts, while Giti Saatchi and Homa Khakpash round out the cast. Director Khormardeh also takes a role in the film alongside Siamak Ash'arioun and Farzaneh Asadi.
Context & significance
Iranian social-drama films of the 2000s and early 2010s frequently turned to rural and environmental settings to explore tensions between state authority and ordinary citizens — a tradition visible in the work of filmmakers like Majidi and Rasoulof. Radde Khoon fits this lineage: the nature reserve becomes a stage for class conflict and moral stakes, and the disabled-veteran protagonist grounds the story in the lived cost of sacrifice. For diaspora viewers, the film offers a window into the everyday ethical worlds of rural Iran, far from urban narratives, told without sentimentality.
Where & how to watch
Radde Khoon is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. Watch on any device — web browser, TV, or phone — with no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Cancel anytime.