ifilm to air 'Mirza Koochak khan'

Iranian series ‘Mirza Koochak Khan’ has been scheduled to be on the channel’s playlist.

Airing of the series, produced by Hadi Meshkat and directed by Behrouz Afkhami, is to be started on September 12, 2017.

A local hero named Mirza Koochak Khan and his followers start a movement in the Northern Province of Gilan to defend their homeland after imperial aggressors invade the country from the northern borders. The battle coincides with World War I, but is totally a separate event. The fighteers take shelter in the jungle as they fight the enemy.

Among the cast list are Jahangir Almasi, Sirous Gorjestani, Davoud Rashidi, Mehdi Hashemi, Fath-Ali Oveisi, Alireza Mojallal, Hossein Mahjoub, Parvaneh Masoumi, Abbas Amiri-Moqaddam, Behrouz Baqaee, Mohammad Motee, Esmaeel Mehrabi, Jamshid Gorgin.

‘Mirza Koochak khan’, produced in 1983, is to replace the series ‘Zero Degree Turn’ and is to be broadcast at 21:00 GMT (01:30 Tehran time).

ifilm English will also repeat each episode of the series the following day at 02:00, 06:00 and 13:00. ‘Mirza Koochak Khan’ is comprised of 12 episodes.

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