Shahrzad, a pretty medical student, meets Farhad, a journalist, in Tehran in the early 1950s. The storyline of “Shahrzad”, a new TV series making waves in Iran, is hardly provocative. It’s the sort of content that has many Iranians questioning whether the censors did not realise the significance of the series or if the state’s red lines are dramatically shifting. But for a local Iranian TV series, licensed and approved by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, this is edgy stuff. The scene seems innocent enough by international TV standards.
Over a sumptuous tea party complete with plates of pastries, fruit and jugs of chilled tea, a woman plays a tambour as the female guests around the table sing, clap their hands to the beat and ululate joyfully.
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