Director: Kheyrollah Taghianipour
Cast: فرهاد قائمیان، انوش معظمی، رامین راستاد، مهدی سلوکی، افشین سنگچاپ، جعفر دهقان، یدالله شادمانی، محمدحسین لطیفی، هدایت هاشمی، شهرام ابراهیمی، نانت توم و…
Terror is a 2023 Iranian action-crime series directed by Kheyrollah Taghianipour, set against the backdrop of one of the most pivotal moments in early Islamic history. Each episode runs approximately 50 minutes, drawing viewers into a morally charged world where ideology, loyalty, and personal transformation collide.
What is Terror about?
The series follows Ibn Muljam Moradi, a man who accepts a dangerous and deeply consequential mission: the assassination of Imam Ali. As he moves through the world preparing for this act, unexpected encounters and confrontations begin to shift his perspective. The journey he undertakes is not simply physical — it becomes an inward reckoning, forcing him to question the beliefs that shaped him and the figures he thought he understood. The show resists easy answers, placing the audience inside the moral struggle rather than above it, and uses its historical setting to ask questions about faith, doubt, and the weight of irreversible choices.
Cast & crew
Farhad Ghaemian leads the ensemble with his trademark intensity, supported by a deep roster that includes Anoush Moazami, Ramin Rastad, Mehdi Soluoki, Afshin Sangchap, Jafar Dehghan, Yadollah Shadmani, Mohammad Hossein Latifi, Hedayat Hashemi, and Shahram Ebrahimi. The assembled cast brings substantial Iranian television experience to this historical drama.
Context & significance
Historical religious dramas occupy a distinctive place in Iranian cinema and television, often approaching the figures of early Islam with a reverence that shapes both narrative and visual language. Terror takes a more psychologically interior approach than typical hagiographic productions, grounding its story in the inner life of a man on the wrong side of history. For diaspora viewers who grew up with Persian television or who came of age watching Iranian period dramas, this series offers a familiar aesthetic combined with a more probing moral register. The 2023 production benefits from the accumulated craft of the genre while pushing toward greater character complexity.
Where & how to watch
Terror is available on K-Time with its original Persian audio. You can watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Start or cancel anytime.