Despite both families' disagreement with their union, Taher and Setayesh managed to start their simple yet full-of-love life together. Later, the happy news of expecting the first baby stirs different emotions in their families. Setayesh’s mother comes to visit her daughter to congratulate her.
The event arouses a totally different feeling in Anis, Taher’s sister-in-law. Being afraid of losing her status in Ferdows family, Anis feels great envy towards Taher and Setayesh as she plans to take the unborn baby’s life.
The first season of ‘Setayesh’, produced by Arman Zarrinkoub in 2010 and directed by Saeed Soltani, goes on air every day at 20:00 GMT. iFilm English TV repeats each episode of the series the next day at 01:00, 07:00 and 12:00.
In the series, Taher has just finished two years of military service, defending Iran against Saddam Hussein’s war of aggression.
His friend, who’s deserted the frontline, wants Taher to help smuggle him out of the country. Despite his better judgment, and at the insistence of his friend’s sister, Setayesh, he agrees.
Taher and Setayesh eventually grow fond of each other and make plans to marry. But a tragedy causes a great gap between their families that threatens to keep the two from ever finding happiness together.
The most notable on the cast list are Daryoush Arjmand, Gohar Kheirandish, Mahmoud Azizi, Narges Mohammadi, Fariba Naderi, Zahra Saeedi, Mehdi Pakdel, Mehdi Solouki, and Jamshid Mashayekhi.
The long list goes on with Hadis Miramini, Sima Tirandaz, Shiva Khonyagar, Azita Lachini, Mohammad Omrani, Maryam Boubani, Farahnaz Manafi-Zaher, and Mohammad-Reza Iranmanesh.
‘Setayesh’ is comprised of 44 segments.
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