اشک هور | Ashk-e Hoor (2025)

Naneh Ali's dinner spread lay untouched. The sound of the air raid siren and the anti-aircraft guns echoing in the dark depths of the alley worried her. Waiting for her son to come home from the front, she quietly sat down on the step in front of the door. With these lines from its official synopsis, Ashk-e Hoor, whose title means "the tear of Hoor", opens its story. It is an Iranian war drama written and directed by Mehdi Jafari and produced by Mojtaba Faravardeh.

The Last Days of Ali Hashemi

The film presents a slice of the final days in the life of Ali Hashemi, a commander during the Iran–Iraq war. Rather than telling his whole life story, it concentrates on that last stretch, and on the family waiting for news at home while the war goes on.

A mother waiting at the door

The synopsis frames the story through Naneh Ali, a mother sitting outside her house during an air raid as she waits for her son. Her vigil gives the war story a personal, domestic side.

From Pesaran-e Hoor to the Big Screen

Ashk-e Hoor is a cinematic cut of a television series called Pesaran-e Hoor. Material from the series was shaped into a feature film, which was screened at the 43rd Fajr Film Festival on 16 Bahman 1403 (4 February 2025). It was later released online on 4 Tir 1404 (25 June 2025).

Roya Afshar and the Cast

Roya Afshar, Sareh Rashidi and Touraj Alvand lead the cast, together with Reza Sameri, Meysam Razfar and Shabnam Goudarzi.

Music and images

Habib Khazaeifar wrote the score, Vahid Ebrahimi was the director of photography and Meysam Molaei edited the film. The production comes from Sima Film and the Sooreh Cinema Organization, and the first images and logo of the film were unveiled ahead of its Fajr premiere.

Ashk-e Hoor FAQ

Watch Ashk-e Hoor on Pardeh for a war drama told from the front line and the family home.