Mafia Nights

Mafia Nights
Genre	Family, Social, Enigmatic
Directed by	Saeid Aboutaleb
Presented by	Episode 1-27: Episode 28 - Now: Kambiz Dirbaz
Ending theme	Kaveh Afagh (1st serie) - (2nd serie)
Country of origin	Iran
Original language	Persian
No. of seasons	13
No. of episodes	39
Production
Producer	Saeid Aboutaleb
Camera setup	Farshid Faraji
Running time	90 - 150 minutes
Production company	Honare Aval Company
Distributor
Release
Original network	Home video
Original release	17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) – present

Mafia Nights (Persian: شب‌های مافیا) is an Iranian television series in the family, social and enigmatic genres, directed by Saeid Aboutaleb. This series is based on the Mafia game. In each season of this series, 12 participants from cinema and television actors and other celebrities are invited to play, and they, together with the handler of the program, ; The game is completely real without the intervention of the directing team. The series started broadcasting on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 on the Home video and will be distributed weekly on Tuesdays.^[1][2][3]

General information and rules[]

How to do the contest[]

In Mafia Nights, players are divided into two categories: the majority citizen and the mafia minority. Roles that no one knows about from the beginning except the owner and manager, although the Mafia group knows each other on the first night. The goal of the citizens is to take over the city and cleanse it of the mafia, and the victory of the mafia depends on equality with the number of citizens. The game is played in 2 parts, consecutive nights and days. Every day, everyone plays the role of a citizen and in the process of accusing, defending and voting, they try to discover the Mafia and drive it out of the city with a majority of votes. So, the real role of everyone should not be seen these days, and the players are just trying to accuse the real mafia and defend themselves. During the day, the role of treasure is in the player's pocket. Knowing it by another player or understanding another role at night by cheating or any other application makes the role of the player aimless and causes the player to be fired by the manager. In day-to-day conversations, the role is not important to anyone, and only the citizenship or mafia group in the players' words and behaviors is important. Every day after the voting, the players who received the most votes are defended by voting in the first round, and by voting in the second round, which takes place in a nap and with their eyes closed, one person leaves the game. In the second round of voting, everyone has a choice. In the night, they wake up at the behest of the Mafia leader and secretly consult for a moment about which citizen to target. After that, the operator wakes up some citizens to carry out their night plans. At the end of the voting, the expelled player is randomly selected from 6 cards to determine a situation for himself or the game, and if he is to leave the game completely, he has the right to say the last word for 20 seconds without directly referring to any role. The player who leaves the game to vote can only return to the game by selecting the beautiful mind card.

Roles[]

Mafia Group[]

Godfather or Mafia boss: The godfather or the boss of the Mafia plays the most powerful role among the Mafia's roles, and at night, one of the citizens is directly targeted by him. His inquiry is always negative for the detective.

Dr. Lecter: Dr. Lecter is the second member of the Mafia group and is able to save one of the members of the Mafia from shooting at night by Professional. He can only save himself once.

Joker: Three times during the night, he chooses a member of the Mafia (including Dr. Lecter, the Simple Mafia and himself) or the citizens to reverse that person's inquiry to the detective that night. He can only choose himself once. This role of the finalists was added to the game.

Simple Mafia: Simple Mafia is a member of the Mafia, but it has no unique capabilities.

City Group[]

Detective: Every night, one of the people in the game inquires from the manager. The inquiry of Dr. Lecter, the Joker and the simple mafia is positive and the inquiry of the citizens and the head of the mafia is negative. The detective's query will also be reversed for the person the Joker has already selected.

Doctor: The doctor wakes up every night and has to guess who the Mafia shot at and choose him to save. If chosen correctly, that person will stay in the game. He can save his life only once.

Professional: A professional wakes up every night with the announcement of the narrator and can target one of the people in the game who he thinks is the Mafia. If the citizen is targeted by him, he himself is out of the game.

Die-hard: Die-hard did not go out at night with the first bullet of the Mafia and during the day he leaves the game only with the vote of the city. Die-hard twice a night can interrogate people who have left the game.

Psychiatrist: The psychiatrist wakes up every night with the announcement of the narrator, and if he wishes, he can silence one of the people playing twice. The selected person will not be able to speak in the game during the next day.

Mayor: After the initial defense by the defendants of the game, and if he himself is not in the defense, the mayor is able to cancel the voting (no one goes out) or the direct exit vote to one person once during the whole game.

Simple citizen (two people): The simple citizen is considered a member of the city group and has no unique characteristics or abilities.

Cards[]

Green Path: The withdrawn player can give this card to another player, protecting him from voting and defense the next day.

Red carpet: The withdrawn player gives the card to another player and sends him directly to the defense the next day.

Beautiful mind: The player leaving the game guesses the role of another player and if he guesses correctly, he returns to the game.

Insomnia: If this card is selected by the player leaving the game, there is no night section at the end of the day and the game goes directly to the next day.

Dizziness or Thirteen Lies: The player leaving the game must tell a game-related lie, and the operator must confirm that it is a lie.

Final shot: The player leaving the game, instead of the Mafia, will shoot the leading night of his choice, and the Mafia will not have the right to shoot that night.

Participants[]

Series 1[]

Season 1[]

Participant	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Individual performance
	Role	Role	Role
Hamed Ahangi	Doctor	Professional	Dr. Lecter	3 wins
	Simple citizen	Simple Mafia	Mayor	1 win, 2 losses
	Professional	Detective	Die-hard	2 wins, 1 loss
	Dr. Lecter	Psychiatrist	Simple Mafia	2 wins, 1 loss
Reza Shafiei Jam	Simple Mafia	Simple citizen	Psychiatrist	1 win, 2 losses
	Mayor	Dr. Lecter	Doctor	1 win, 2 losses
Behrang Alavi	Psychiatrist	Godfather	Professional	1 win, 2 losses
Hadi Kazemi	Detective	Die-hard	Godfather	3 wins
	Simple citizen	Simple Mafia	Simple citizen	1 win, 2 losses
Javad Hashemi	Simple Mafia	Mayor	Detective	1 win, 2 losses
Mohammad-Reza Hedayati	Godfather	Simple citizen	Simple citizen	1 win, 2 losses
	Die-hard	Doctor	Simple Mafia	3 wins
Winner	City Group	City Group	Mafia Group

Season 2[]

Participant	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Individual performance
	Role	Role	Role
Nasim Adabi	Die-hard	Die-hard	Professional	1 win, 2 losses
	Simple Mafia	Doctor	Detective	3 losses
	Professional	Dr. Lecter	Doctor	2 wins, 1 loss
	Doctor	Godfather	Simple Mafia	3 wins
	Simple Mafia	Simple citizen	Psychiatrist	3 losses
	Godfather	Simple Mafia	Simple citizen	1 win, 2 losses
Shaghayegh Dehghan	Simple citizen	Mayor	Die-hard	1 win, 2 losses
	Detective	Detective	Godfather	2 wins, 1 loss
	Mayor	Psychiatrist	Dr. Lecter	2 wins, 1 loss
Maryam Momen	Dr. Lecter	Professional	Simple citizen	3 losses
Roya Mirelmi	Simple citizen	Simple Mafia	Mayor	2 wins, 1 loss
	Psychiatrist	Simple citizen	Simple Mafia	2 wins, 1 loss
Winner	City Group	Mafia Group	Mafia Group

Season 3[]

Participant	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Individual performance
	Role	Role	Role
Hooman Barghnavard	Simple citizen	Simple Mafia	Psychiatrist	1 win, 2 losses
Behnam Tashakkor	Mayor	Professional	Godfather	1 win, 2 losses
	Detective	Simple citizen	Simple Mafia	1 win, 2 losses
Omid Hajili	Godfather	Godfather	Simple citizen	2 wins, 1 loss
	Simple citizen	Psychiatrist	Mayor	3 losses
Amir Mahdi Jule	Dr. Lecter	Doctor	Professional	1 win, 2 losses
	Doctor	Simple Mafia	Detective	1 win, 2 losses
	Die-hard	Mayor	Dr. Lecter	1 win, 2 losses
	Simple Mafia	Die-hard	Simple citizen	1 win, 2 losses
	Professional	Detective	Simple Mafia	1 win, 2 losses
	Psychiatrist	Dr. Lecter	Doctor	1 win, 2 losses
	Simple Mafia	Simple citizen	Die-hard	1 win, 2 losses
Winner	Mafia Group	Mafia Group	Mafia Group

Season 4 (Final 1)[]

Participant	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Individual performance
	Role	Role	Role
Hamed Ahangi	Mayor	Godfather	Doctor	2 win, 1 loss
	Dr. Lecter	Die-hard	Detective	2 win, 1 loss
Behnam Tashakkor	Psychiatrist	Simple Mafia	Professional	2 win, 1 loss
	Simple citizen	Dr. Lecter	Simple Mafia	1 win, 2 loss
Omid Hajili	Simple citizen	Simple citizen	Simple Mafia	2 wins, 1 loss
Amir Mahdi Jule	Godfather	Psychiatrist	Mayor	2 wins, 1 loss
Hadi Kazemi	Detective	Professional	Dr. Lecter	2 wins, 1 loss
	Die-hard	Simple Mafia	Die-hard	2 wins, 1 loss
	Professional	Simple citizen	Godfather	2 wins, 1 loss
Maryam Momen	Simple Mafia	Doctor	Simple citizen	2 wins, 1 loss
Javad Hashemi	Doctor	Detective	Psychiatrist	3 wins
	Simple Mafia	Mayor	Simple citizen	2 wins, 1 loss
Winner	City Group	City Group	City Group

Series 2[]

Season 1[]

Participant	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Individual performance
	Role	Role	Role
	Simple Mafia	Mayor	Simple citizen	1 win, 2 losses
Pejman Bazeghi	Professional	Godfather	Die-hard	1 win, 2 losses
	Mayor	Professional	Mayor	3 losses
Farzad Hassani	Psychiatrist	Doctor	Dr. Lecter	1 win, 2 losses
	Simple Mafia	Simple citizen	Professional	1 win, 2 losses
Reza Davood Nejad	Dr. Lecter	Simple citizen	Simple citizen	1 win, 2 losses
	Die-hard	Detective	Psychiatrist	3 losses
Nima Shahrokh Shahi	Detective	Simple Mafia	Godfather	2 wins, 1 loss
Mehrab GhasemKhani	Simple citizen	Dr. Lecter	Doctor	1 win, 2 losses
Firouz Karimi	Godfather	Psychiatrist	Detective	1 win, 2 losses
Mohammad Naderi	Doctor	Die-hard	Simple Mafia	1 win, 2 losses
	Simple citizen	Simple Mafia	Simple Mafia	2 wins, 1 losses
Winner	Mafia Group	Mafia Group	Mafia Group

Season 2[]

Participant	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Individual performance
	Role	Role	Role
	Godfather	Simple citizen	Mayor	2 wins, 1 loss
Nasrin Moghanloo	Detective	Simple Mafia	Psychiatrist	2 wins, 1 loss
Negar Foroozandeh	Simple citizen	Dr. Lecter	Simple Mafia	1 win, 2 losses
	Die-hard	Detective	Professional	1 win, 2 losses
	Simple Mafia	Godfather	Detective	3 wins
	Psychiatrist	Mayor	Dr. Lecter	3 losses
	Simple citizen	Professional	Doctor	1 win, 2 losses
Hadis Fooladvand	Dr. Lecter	Die-hard	Simple citizen	2 wins, 1 loss
	Simple Mafia	Simple citizen	Die-hard	2 wins, 1 loss
	Mayor	Doctor	Simple citizen	1 win, 2 losses
	Professional	Psychiatrist	Godfather	3 losses
	Doctor	Simple Mafia	Simple Mafia	1 win, 2 losses
Winner	Mafia Group	Mafia Group	City Group

Season 3[]

Participant	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Individual performance
	Role	Role	Role
	Doctor	Simple Mafia	Simple citizen	1 win, 2 losses
	Detective	Simple citizen	Simple Mafia	1 win, 2 losses
	Dr. Lecter	Die-hard	Simple citizen	3 wins
Sam Derakhshani	Godfather	Simple citizen	Psychiatrist	3 wins
Kambiz Dirbaz	Simple citizen	Professional	Dr. Lecter	1 win, 2 losses
	Simple Mafia	Psychiatrist	Mayor	3 wins
Khodadad Azizi	Simple citizen	Doctor	Die-hard	2 wins, 1 loss
	Die-hard	Simple Mafia	Professional	1 win, 2 losses
	Professional	Dr. Lecter	Detective	1 win, 2 losses
Majid Mozaffari	Psychiatrist	Mayor	Doctor	2 wins, 1 loss
Mohammad Motamedi	Simple Mafia	Detective	Godfather	2 wins, 1 loss
	Mayor	Godfather	Simple Mafia	3 losses
Winner	Mafia Group	City Group	City Group

Season 4 (Final 2)[]

Participant	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Individual performance
	Role	Role	Role
	Godfather	Simple citizen	Simple citizen	2 wins, 1 loss
Farzad Hassani	Simple Mafia	Professional	Simple Mafia	1 win, 2 losses
Reza Davood Nejad	Die-hard	Dr. Lecter	Mayor	2 wins, 1 loss
Sam Derakhshani	Psychiatrist	Simple Mafia	Professional	2 wins, 1 loss
Kambiz Dirbaz	Professional	Psychiatrist	Godfather	2 wins, 1 loss
	Simple citizen	Detective	Die-hard	3 wins
Nima Shahrokh Shahi	Detective	Godfather	Simple Mafia	1 win, 2 losses
Khodadad Azizi	Mayor	Doctor	Dr. Lecter	2 wins, 1 loss
	Dr. Lecter	Die-hard	Detective	2 wins, 1 loss
	Doctor	Simple Mafia	Doctor	2 wins, 1 loss
	Simple Mafia	Simple citizen	Psychiatrist	2 wins, 1 loss
	Simple citizen	Mayor	Simple citizen	3 wins
winner	City Group	City Group	City Group

finalists[]

Participant	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Individual performance
	Role	Role	Role
Farzad Hassani	Mayor	Godfather	Detective	2 wins, 1 loss
Reza Davood Nejad	Simple citizen	Dr. Lecter	Psychiatrist	2 wins, 1 loss
Sam Derakhshani	Die-hard	Professional	Simple citizen	3 wins
Kambiz Dirbaz	Godfather	Detective	Die-hard	2 wins, 1 loss
Amir Mahdi Jule	Simple Mafia	Simple citizen	Doctor	2 wins, 1 loss
Khodadad Azizi	Doctor	Simple citizen	Professional	3 wins
	Detective	Joker	Simple citizen	2 wins, 1 loss
	Psychiatrist	Die-hard	Mayor	3 wins
Maryam Momen	Simple citizen	Mayor	Joker	2 wins, 1 loss
	Professional	Simple Mafia	Simple Mafia	1 win, 2 losses
	Dr. Lecter	Doctor	Godfather	1 win, 2 losses
Javad Hashemi	Joker	Psychiatrist	Dr. Lecter	1 win, 2 losses
winner	City Group	City Group	City Group

Hamed Ahangi and were also invited to participate in the finalists, but the two could not attend the finalists due to their busy schedule.

Production and distribution[]

This program has been distributed by . Mafia Nights, funded by the Honare Aval Company, will be broadcast by Filimo on Tuesdays, at 8:00 AM.^[4]

Review of seasons[]

Season	Day and time of broadcast	The beginning of the season	The end of the season	Handler	Number of episodes broadcast	Episode range	Year	Distributor
1	Tuesdays 08:00	17 November 2020	1 December 2020		3	1–3	2020
2		8 December 2020	22 December 2020			4–6
3		29 December 2020	12 January 2021			7–9	2020–2021
4		19 January 2021	2 February 2021			10–12	2021

Music[]

Kaveh Afagh and have sung pieces separately for "Mafia Nights", which will be broadcast as the final credits. The soundtrack is also composed by Amin Malek

References[]

External links[]

• Mafia Nights at IMDb 
• Mafia Nights in