Al Monitor | Zahra Alipour: The Iranian TV series Shahrzad, which has gripped the attention of Iranians since it was first broadcast two years ago, has been high in drama. But real-life intrigues and allegations of corruption that dogthe series, whose secondseason launched June 19, is just as exciting. With an estimated cost of about 120 billion rials ...

The crew members of an Iranian TV series have gone on a trial over the suicide of a teenager who was allegedly inspired by the plot, rejecting a role in the death of the young boy. A criminal court said that the TV series staff had caused the death of the boy by failing to notify the viewers about unsuitable content for young children in the ...