iFilm English TV to air ‘Passion to Fly’

iFilm English TV Channel is to start airing ‘Passion to Fly’ on November 11, 2023.

The series, produced by Javad Norouzbeigi and directed by Yadollah Samadi, chronicles the martyrdom of Iran’s war hero Abbas Babaee.

It narrates the story of a legendry Iranian martyr whose heroic sacrifices for Iran and the Iranian nation will never fade in the nation's collective memory.

This series pictures the life of Abbas Babaee, an Iranian fighter pilot, from childhood to the day of his martyrdom.

Shahab Hosseini, Elham Hamidi, Shahram Haqiqatdoust, Afsaneh Bayegan, Akram Mohammadi, Fakhreddin Seddiq-Sharif, Hassan Joharchi, and Setareh Eskandari are on the cast list.

The cast list also includes Kourosh Tahami, Mina Jafarzadeh, Abbas Amiri-Moqaddam, Mehran Rajabi, Abdorreza Akbari, Zohreh Hamidi, Mohsen Afshani, Pourandokht Mohaymen, Farhad Qaemian, Mehrdad Ziaee, and Mehdi Faqih.

‘Passion to Fly’, made in 2011, is scheduled to be a replacement for ‘No Pain, No Gain’, to be aired daily at 21:00 GMT.

iFilm English TV will also repeat each episode of the series the next day at 02:00, 06:00 and 13:00. ‘Passion to Fly’ is comprised of 24 episodes.

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