Saate 25 (2002): Cast, Story & Where to Watch in Persian

Where can I watch Saate 25 in Persian?

Saate 25 streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It plays in its original Persian audio. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 2002 film from Iran. The film is served from Ktime's own library rather than linked out to another service. Availability checked as of September 2026.

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Saate 25 — the twenty-fifth hour, a moment that exists on no clock face — is an Iranian social drama directed by Masoud Abparvar from a screenplay by Peyman Abbasi, with Seyed Kamal Tabatabai producing. The title alone marks out its territory: people pushed past the limits of an ordinary day, into time they were never given.

What is Saate 25 about?

Iranian records place the production in the early 2000s, part of the wave of social filmmaking that carried the daily struggles of Tehran life onto the big screen. Abparvar's film breathes that same air: a story about ordinary people forced to make decisions under pressures that the official hours of the day cannot contain — family obligation, economic strain, and choices that come with a moral price tag. Abbasi's screenplay stays close to those crossroads rather than reaching for spectacle, drawing its tension out of household relationships and the weight of making ends meet, exactly the working method that Iranian social cinema of that period knew best.

About the cast

Complete cast records for Saate 25 are thin in international databases, a fate shared by many mid-budget Iranian productions of its era. What survives clearly is the creative core: Masoud Abparvar behind the camera, Peyman Abbasi on the screenplay, and Seyed Kamal Tabatabai — a producer with a long track record in Iranian film and television — backing the project.

Context & significance

The early 2000s were a productive stretch for Iranian social cinema. Films like Saate 25 rarely traveled to international festivals, but at home they played a role closer to public conversation than to entertainment: screen stories about debt, family duty, and urban life that audiences recognized from their own streets. For viewers in the diaspora, titles from this period now double as time capsules of a Tehran that has since changed shape. Keeping them streamable keeps visible a whole tier of Iranian filmmaking that would otherwise survive only in faded television reruns.

Watching Saate 25 on Ktime

Saate 25 streams on K-Time with a free account login — the page you are reading is open to everyone, and signing in unlocks playback. K-Time is built for the Iranian diaspora, offers a fully Persian interface, and works on smart TVs, phones, and web browsers from anywhere in the world.

Frequently asked questions

Who directed Saate 25?

Masoud Abparvar directed it, working from a screenplay by Peyman Abbasi; Seyed Kamal Tabatabai produced the film.

What genre is Saate 25?

It is an Iranian social drama from the early 2000s, focused on everyday moral and family pressures rather than action or spectacle.

When was Saate 25 made?

Catalog records differ slightly — K-Time lists it as 2002, while some Iranian sources date the production a few years later; either way it belongs to the early-2000s wave of Iranian social filmmaking.

How can I watch Saate 25?

Stream it on K-Time with a free account login; the service works worldwide on smart TVs, phones, and web browsers.

What year was Saate 25 made?

Saate 25 was released in 2002 and is available to stream in Persian on Ktime.