Malik to be martyred in ‘Imam Ali (AS)’: iFilm cut

Malik al-Ashtar is to be martyred, in the 23rd episode of iFilm's historical series ‘Imam Ali (AS)’ to be aired tonight at 23:00 GMT.

When Malik al-Ashtar was handed the Jihad decree by Imam Ali (AS) to take the control of Egypt, he well knew that this journey will be of countless hazards.

The brave companion of the first Shia Imam had never failed to obey the orders that were given to him by Ali (AS). 

On the way to Egypt, they poisoned Malik as they well knew they could not defeat the man in any other way.

The 25-episode series, produced by Mohammad Beikzadeh and directed by Davoud Mir-Baqeri, is to be aired at 23:00 GMT and repeated the next day at 05:00, 11:00, 17:00.

The epic series focuses on the life of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. It covers the events before the caliphate of Imam Ali (AS) to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

The series cast list includes Daryoush Arjmand, Vishka Asayesh, Sirous Gorjestani, Ali-Asghar Hemmat, Parviz Parastoui, Behzad Farahani, Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia, Mehdi Fathi, Atash Taqipour, and Abbas Amiri-Moqaddam.

The long list of popular stars goes on with Azita Hajiyan, Akbar Abdi, Fakhri Khorvash, Farideh Sepah-Mansour, Davoud Rashidi, Saeed Nikpour, Enayat Bakhshi, Reza Karam-Rezaei, Parvaneh Masoumi, Hossein Panahi, Jamshid Mashayekhi, and Shohreh Lorestani.

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