
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, Reyhaneh. When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist in the desert, because Nazar is unwilling to return to the city and wants to catch snakes to make enough money to settle his debts. His verbose, chattering annoys the reticent old man until Nazar's life is endangered.

Ostokhan Sooz is an Iranian social drama exploring lives shaped by family conflicts, legal struggles, and complicated human relationships. Within the tense world of prison, old grudges and personal rivalries threaten to change people's destinies. The series examines power, revenge, and justice, where hostility between a prisoner and a prison guard can have devastating consequences.

A boy who has uncertain hopes for his father’s return home does all he can to restore his family’s ship in time for his father’s upcoming birthday.