ForSeenItForSeenIt
WATCHDISCOVERLISTSAWARDSBALLOT
Iranian Nights
Iranian Nights
Your Rating

Iranian Nights

1989
Directed byPenny Cherns
0h 56m

A Channel Four special presentation of the Royal Court Theatre 1989 production, London. with Paul Bhattacharjee, Nabil Shaban and Fiona Victory. "Iranian Nights" was a play written and produced as a direct response by writers and artists to the notorious Feb 14 1989 Fatwa (a sentence of death) from Iran's leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, placed on Salman Rushdie for his novel "The Satanic Verses", regarded by fundamentalist Muslims as blasphemous.

CAST
Paul BhattacharjeeOmar KhayyamNabil ShabanCaliphFiona VictoryScheherazade
DETAILS
GENRES
Drama

Suggested

A Dry White Season
6.6
A Dry White Season1989
Julia
6.5
Julia1977
God's Pocket
5.8
God's Pocket2014
Reading Lolita in Tehran
7.2
Reading Lolita in Tehran2024
Come Sunday
5.8
Come Sunday2018
Nothing Like the Holidays
6.3
Nothing Like the Holidays2008
Kisses
7.1
Kisses2008
The Truth About Emanuel
6.0
The Truth About Emanuel2013
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
7.1
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault1996
Blue Chips
6.1
Blue Chips1994
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
5.9
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us2012
Fast Girls
6.1
Fast Girls2012
In This World
6.2
In This World2003
Eleanor the Great
6.8
Eleanor the Great2025
Cosi
6.1
Cosi1996
Above the Rim
7.0
Above the Rim1994
In the Soup
6.6
In the Soup1992
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play
6.5
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play2002
Home Run
6.2
Home Run2013
Drift
5.8
Drift2013
ForSeenItForSeenIt
WatchDiscoverCompareWatchlistListsAwardsBallotSearch

© 2026 ForSeenIt. Made for film lovers.

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

v2.22 · CLOUD · code x84 sha e59514b · rev forseentest-00170-wav

STATUSReleased
RATING
8.0
People who rated this

No ratings from ForSeenIt viewers yet.

Where to watch

No streaming options found in US.