The Enigma of the Shah

The Enigma of the Shah (Persian: معمای شاه, romanized: Mo'ammāye Shāh) is an Iranian historical drama television series, directed by Mohammad Reza Varzi. The story focuses on Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, and the events leading up to the Iranian Revolution which led to the abolition of the monarchy.^[1][2][3]

The Enigma of the Shah
معمای شاه
Genre	Drama History Action Mystery
Written by	Mohammad Reza Varzi
Directed by	Mohammad Reza Varzi
Starring	Hossein Nour Ali Amiril Arjomand Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia Dariush Kardan Abdoreza Akbari Hadis Fooladvand Nader Soleimani Jamshid Mashayekhi Mehraveh Sharifinia Reza Fayazi Siamak Atlasi Saeed Amirsoleimani Shokrekhoda Goudarzi Jafar Dehghan Kamand Amirsoleimani Sepand Amirsoleimani Shahram Abdoli Changiz Vosoughi Nazanin Farahani
Ending theme	"Silk and Iron" by Salar Aghili
Country of origin	Iran
Original language	Persian
No. of episodes	95
Production
Producer	Ali Ladoni
Running time	50 Minutes cost =15milion $
Original release
Network	IRIB TV1 IRIB Tamasha
Release	October 15, 2016 (2016-10-15) – 2017 (2017)

It aired on cable network IRIB TV1 from 12 January 2014 until October 2016, with over 41 episodes.

Cinematographers

Cinematography was conducted by Mansour Zohuri, Seyed Meysam Hosseini, Mehdi Rasouli, and Mehdi Shirdel.

Synopsis

When Reza Shah abdicates, who will become the next Shah? Who has the power to maintain Iran's sovereignty and independence?

Cast

Main cast

• Hossein Nour Ali as Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
• Amiril Arjomand as Mahmoud Vaziri

People around Pahlavi

• Jafar Dehghan as Reza Shah
• Hadis Fooladvand as Fawzia Fuad of Egypt
• Mehraveh Sharifinia as Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
• Saghar Azizi as Farah Diba
• Mojgan Rabbani as Ashraf Pahlavi
• Mohammad-Ali Najafi as Ahmad Qavam
• Nader Soleimani as Shaban Jafari
• Farzaneh Nashatkhah as Queen Nazli of Egypt
• Kazem Afrandnia as Hassan Toufanian

People around Vaziri

• Saeed NikPour as Ahmad Vaziri
• Gohar Kheirandish as Tooba
• Narges Mohamad as Golnar
• Azadeh EsmaeelKhani as NoorAfagh
• Yousof Teymoori as Amir Masoud
• Roz Razavi as Azar Etemadi
• Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia as Jafar Mehrdad
• Shokrekhoda Goudarzi as Ruhollah Khomeini
• Reza Fayazi as Churchill
• Afsaneh Naseri as Farideh Diba

Original soundtrack

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"My life is for Iran"	Salar Aghili	4:27
2.	"Silk and Iron"	Salar Aghili	4:45
3.	"Blood Lyrics"	Salar Aghili	4:12
4.	"Freezing date"	Bahram Paeez	4:00
Total length:			17:24

Recognition

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2016	16th Hafez Awards	Best OST Song	Salar Aghili	Won
2017	17th Hafez Awards	Best OST Song	Salar Aghili	Won