(to be played by a fierce, weary actor like Navid Negahban or Fares Fares ) is a ghost. Once the youngest deputy director of Khorasan’s legendary Intelligence Directorate (the “Sīmurgh”), he was scapegoated for a disastrous border incident that killed 200 civilians. Now, he survives as a smuggler of counterfeit medicines and data drives, living in a derelict tram car in the toxic “Rust Belt” sector. His only vices are black-market cardamom tea and a near-daily video message from his younger brother, Ramin Sindi (a charismatic, idealistic actor like Mena Massoud ).

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