[4] Due to its international popularity, it has been dubbed and aired in Urdu, Arabic, French, Spanish[5][failed verification] and Russian.

Iranian businessman Bozorg Agha is the head of a very powerful mafia syndicate who had a strong role in the coup d'état against Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh's government on 18 August 1953.

Ghobad is already married to the sterile daughter of Bozorg Agha, Shirin, who does not take kindly to her husband's growing love for his second wife.

Considering the professional team behind the camera, plus two years spent on pre-production and four months of shooting, it is the biggest project by the private sector for the home video network.

Parviz Jahed review from Guardian wrote: Good story-telling has made it an intriguing and successful melodrama set against the backdrop of an important episode in Iran’s modern history.

[11]Mahdi Ganjavi review from Global Voices Online wrote: As the story of Shahrzad shows, the political and economic aspirations, desires, and interests of any historical moment entail a revision of what happened in the past.