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Mafia Nights

Mafia Nights (Persian: شب‌های مافیا) is an Iranian reality television series based on the Mafia game. All the players are celebrities and if they do well, they will make it to the finalists season. The first episode was released on Filimo on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.[1][2][3]

Mafia Nights
Genre
Created bySaeed Aboutaleb
Directed bySaeed Aboutaleb (1-4) Sina Dourandishan (5)
Presented by
Ending theme
  • Episode 1–22, 28–57: Mafia Nights by Kaveh Afagh
  • Episode 23–27: Mafia by Mohammad Reza Alimardani
Country of originIran
Original languagePersian
No. of seasons19
No. of episodes57
Production
ProducerSaeed Aboutaleb (1-4) Mohammad Reza Rezaeean (5)
EditorSina Dourandishan
Camera setupFarshid Faraji
Running time90–150 minutes
Production companyHonare Aval Company
Original release
NetworkHome video
ReleaseNovember 17, 2020 (2020-11-17) –
present

General information and rules

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How to do the contest

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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. At the end of the voting, the expelled player is randomly drawing 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 drawing the "Beautiful Mind" card.

In the night, the mafia group wakes up at the behest of the Mafia Boss 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.

Roles

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Mafia Group

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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

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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

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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

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Series 1

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Season 1

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Hamed Ahangi Doctor Professional Dr. Lecter 3 wins
Majid Vasheghani Die-hard Doctor Simple Mafia 3 wins
Javad Hashemi Simple Mafia Mayor Detective 1 win, 2 losses
Behrang Alavi Psychiatrist Godfather Professional 1 win, 2 losses
Hadi Kazemi Detective Die-hard Godfather 3 wins
Mohammad Reza Hedayati Godfather Simple citizen Simple Citizen 1 win, 2 losses
Reza Shafiei Jam Simple Mafia Simple Citizen Psychiatrist 1 win, 2 losses
Bijan Banafshekhah Simple Citizen Simple Mafia Mayor 1 win, 2 losses
Hooman Hajiabdollahi Professional Detective Die-hard 2 wins, 1 loss
Kaveh Khodashenas Dr. Lecter Psychiatrist Simple Mafia 2 wins, 1 loss
Emad Talebzadeh Mayor Dr. Lecter Doctor 1 win, 2 losses
Mirtaher Mazloumi Simple Citizen Simple Mafia Simple Citizen 1 win, 2 losses
Winner City Group City Group Mafia Group

Season 2

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Maryam Momen Dr. Lecter Professional Simple Citizen 3 losses
Nasim Adabi Die-hard Die-hard Professional 1 win, 2 losses
Shaghayegh Dehghan Simple Citizen Mayor Die-hard 1 win, 2 losses
Sima Tirandaz Doctor Godfather Simple Mafia 3 wins
Roya Mirelmi Simple Citizen Simple Mafia Mayor 2 wins, 1 loss
Samaneh Pakdel Simple Mafia Doctor Detective 3 losses
Azita Torkashvand Professional Dr. Lecter Doctor 2 wins, 1 loss
Khatereh Hatami Simple Mafia Simple Citizen Psychiatrist 3 losses
Samira Hassanpour Godfather Simple Mafia Simple Citizen 1 win, 2 losses
Shabnam Farshadjoo Detective Detective Godfather 2 wins, 1 loss
Shahrzad Kamalzadeh Mayor Psychiatrist Dr. Lecter 2 wins, 1 loss
Gloria Hardy Psychiatrist Simple Citizen Simple Mafia 2 wins, 1 loss
Winner City Group Mafia Group Mafia Group

Season 3

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Behnam Tashakkor Mayor Professional Godfather 1 win, 2 losses
Omid Hajili Godfather Godfather Simple Citizen 2 wins, 1 loss
Amir Mahdi Jule Dr. Lecter Doctor Professional 1 win, 2 losses
Hooman Barghnavard Simple Citizen Simple Mafia Psychiatrist 1 win, 2 losses
Hossein Mehri Psychiatrist Dr. Lecter Doctor 1 win, 2 losses
Kamran Tafti Detective Simple Citizen Simple Mafia 1 win, 2 losses
Nima Raeesi Simple Citizen Psychiatrist Mayor 3 losses
Shahab Abbasi Doctor Simple Mafia Detective 1 win, 2 losses
Amir Karbalaeizadeh Die-hard Mayor Dr. Lecter 1 win, 2 losses
Ehsan Karimi Simple Mafia Die-hard Simple Citizen 1 win, 2 losses
Mehdi Koushki Professional Detective Simple Mafia 1 win, 2 losses
Ramin Naser Nasir Simple Mafia Simple Citizen Die-hard 1 win, 2 losses
Winner Mafia Group Mafia Group Mafia Group

Season 4 (Final 1)

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Hamed Ahangi Mayor Godfather Doctor 2 win, 1 loss
Majid Vasheghani Simple Mafia Mayor Simple Citizen 2 wins, 1 loss
Maryam Momen Simple Mafia Doctor Simple Citizen 2 wins, 1 loss
Javad Hashemi Doctor Detective Psychiatrist 3 wins
Behnam Tashakkor Psychiatrist Simple Mafia Professional 2 win, 1 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
Sima Tirandaz Simple Citizen Dr. Lecter Simple Mafia 1 win, 2 loss
Hossein Mehri Professional Simple Citizen Godfather 2 wins, 1 loss
Shahrzad Kamalzadeh Die-hard Simple Mafia Die-hard 2 wins, 1 loss
Samaneh Pakdel Dr. Lecter Die-hard Detective 2 win, 1 loss
Winner City Group City Group City Group

Series 2

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Season 1

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Nima Shahrokh Shahi Detective Simple Mafia Godfather 2 wins, 1 loss
Pejman Bazeghi Professional Godfather Die-hard 1 win, 2 losses
Farzad Hassani Psychiatrist Doctor Dr. Lecter 1 win, 2 losses
Reza Davood Nejad Dr. Lecter Simple Citizen Simple Citizen 1 win, 2 losses
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
Hossein Omidi Simple Mafia Mayor Simple Citizen 1 win, 2 losses
Soroush Jamshidi Mayor Professional Mayor 3 losses
Javad Khajavi Simple Mafia Simple Citizen Professional 1 win, 2 losses
Nader Soleimani Die-hard Detective Psychiatrist 3 losses
Hamed Homayoun Simple Citizen Simple Mafia Simple Mafia 2 wins, 1 losses
Winner Mafia Group Mafia Group Mafia Group

Season 2

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Nasrin Moghanloo Detective Simple Mafia Psychiatrist 2 wins, 1 loss
Negar Foroozandeh Simple Citizen Dr. Lecter Simple Mafia 1 win, 2 losses
Hadis Fooladvand Dr. Lecter Die-hard Simple Citizen 2 wins, 1 loss
Asha Mehrabi Die-hard Detective Professional 1 win, 2 losses
Maedeh Tahmasebi Godfather Simple Citizen Mayor 2 wins, 1 loss
Fariba Naderi Simple Mafia Godfather Detective 3 wins
Solmaz Ghani Psychiatrist Mayor Dr. Lecter 3 losses
Sara Monjezi Simple Citizen Professional Doctor 1 win, 2 losses
Nafiseh Roshan Simple Mafia Simple Citizen Die-hard 2 wins, 1 loss
Sogol Tahmasebi Mayor Doctor Simple Citizen 1 win, 2 losses
Niki Mozaffari Professional Psychiatrist Godfather 3 losses
Saghar Ghana'at Doctor Simple Mafia Simple Mafia 1 win, 2 losses
Winner Mafia Group Mafia Group City Group

Season 3

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Khodadad Azizi Simple Citizen Doctor Die-hard 2 wins, 1 loss
Kambiz Dirbaz Simple Citizen Professional Dr. Lecter 1 win, 2 losses
Sepand Amirsoleimani Detective Simple Citizen Simple Mafia 1 win, 2 losses
Mohammad Motamedi Simple Mafia Detective Godfather 2 wins, 1 loss
Alireza Ostadi Doctor Simple Mafia Simple Citizen 1 win, 2 losses
Arsalan Ghasemi Die-hard Simple Mafia Professional 1 win, 2 losses
Yousef Teymouri Dr. Lecter Die-hard Simple Citizen 3 wins
Sam Derakhshani Godfather Simple Citizen Psychiatrist 3 wins
Rambod Shekarabi Simple Mafia Psychiatrist Mayor 3 wins
Shahram Ghaedi Professional Dr. Lecter Detective 1 win, 2 losses
Majid Mozaffari Psychiatrist Mayor Doctor 2 wins, 1 loss
Rahim Norouzi Mayor Godfather Simple Mafia 3 losses
Winner Mafia Group City Group City Group

Season 4 (Final 2)

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Khodadad Azizi Mayor Doctor Dr. Lecter 2 wins, 1 loss
Kambiz Dirbaz Professional Psychiatrist Godfather 2 wins, 1 loss
Nima Shahrokh Shahi Detective Godfather Simple Mafia 1 win, 2 losses
Farzad Hassani Simple Mafia Professional Simple Mafia 1 win, 2 losses
Reza Davood Nejad Die-hard Dr. Lecter Mayor 2 wins, 1 loss
Arsalan Ghasemi Dr. Lecter Die-hard Detective 2 wins, 1 loss
Asha Mehrabi Doctor Simple Mafia Doctor 2 wins, 1 loss
Sara Monjezi Simple Mafia Simple Citizen Psychiatrist 2 wins, 1 loss
Sam Derakhshani Psychiatrist Simple Mafia Professional 2 wins, 1 loss
Hossein Omidi Godfather Simple Citizen Simple Citizen 2 wins, 1 loss
Nafiseh Roshan Simple Citizen Detective Die-hard 3 wins
Fariba Naderi Simple Citizen Mayor Simple Citizen 3 wins
Winner City Group City Group City Group

Season 5 (Final of Finalists 1)

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

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

Series 3

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Season 5 (Final of Finalists 2)

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Amirali Nabavian Detective Dr. Lecter Doctor 2 wins, 1 loss
Bahareh Afshari Simple Citizen Joker Mayor 1 win, 2 losses
Pouria Poursorkh Professional Doctor Dr. Lecter 3 losses
Nima Shahrokh Shahi Salesman Simple Citizen Die-hard 1 win, 2 losses
Omid Hajili Joker Simple Mafia Joker 2 wins, 1 loss
Tarlan Parvaneh Simple Citizen Godfather Detective 2 wins, 1 loss
Behnam Tashakkor Simple Mafia Psychiatrist Simple Mafia 1 win, 2 losses
Pejman Bazeghi Doctor Die-hard Simple Citizen 2 wins, 1 loss
Negar Forouzandeh Mayor Professional Psychiatrist 1 win, 2 losses
Borzou Arjmand Godfather Simple Citizen Simple Citizen 3 wins
Arsalan Ghasemi Psychiatrist Detective Professional 1 win, 2 losses
Majid Yaser Dr. Lecter Mayor Salesman 2 wins, 1 loss
Samaneh Pakdel Die-hard Salesman Godfather 3 losses
Winner Mafia Group Mafia Group City Group

Series 4

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Season 3

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Hamed Ahangi Simple Citizen Godfather Doctor 1 wins, 2 losses
Majid Vasheghani Detective Die-hard Dr. Lecter 1 wins, 2 losses
Salar Aghili Professional Simple Citizen Godfather 1 wins, 2 losses
Ali Salehi Psychiatrist Mayor Professional 2 wins, 1 loss
Abbas Ghazali Simple Mafia Detective Die-hard 3 wins
Iraj Nozari Doctor Simple Mafia Detective 1 win, 2 losses
Amir Hossein Modares Simple Mafia Dr. Lecter Mayor 2 wins, 1 loss
Hossein Rafiee Dr. Lecter Doctor Simple Citizen 3 wins
Ramtin Khodapanahi Simple Citizen Simple Mafia Psychiatrist 1 wins, 2 losses
Hesam Navab Safavi Godfather Professional Simple Citizen 3 wins
Amir Mohammad Zand Mayor Psychiatrist Simple Mafia 1 wins, 2 losses
Yousef Sayyadi Die-hard Simple Citizen Simple Mafia 1 wins, 2 losses
Winner Mafia Group City Group City Group

Season 5 (Final of Finalists 3)

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Participant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Individual performance
Role Role Role
Hamed Ahangi Sleepwalker Bodyguard Doctor 2 wins, 1 loss
Majid Vasheghani Bodyguard Sleepwalker Mayor 2 wins, 1 loss
Maryam Momen Salesman Psychiatrist Dr. Lecter 2 wins, 1 loss
Pouria Poursorkh Joker Professional Psychiatrist 2 wins, 1 loss
Khodadad Azizi Dr. Lecter Mayor Godfather 1 wins, 2 losses
Falamak Joneidi Professional Joker Die-hard 2 wins, 1 loss
Iman Safa Mayor Detective Joker 2 wins, 1 loss
Kamand Amirsoleimani Godfather Die-hard Professional 2 wins, 1 loss
Hossein Mehri Doctor Dr. Lecter Bodyguard 1 win, 2 losses
Asha Mehrabi Detective Godfather Salesman 2 wins, 1 loss
Ali Oji Die-hard Salesman Sleepwalker 3 wins
Linda Kiani Psychiatrist Doctor Detective 3 wins
Winner City Group City Group City Group

Release

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Review of series

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Series Season Day and time of broadcast The beginning of the season The end of the season God of the game Number of episodes broadcast Episode range Distributor
1 1 Tuesdays 08:00 17 November 2020 1 December 2020 Mohammad Reza Alimardani 3 1–3 Filimo
2 8 December 2020 22 December 2020 4–6
3 29 December 2020 12 January 2021 7–9
4 (Final 1) 19 January 2021 2 February 2021 10–12
2 5 Saturdays and Sundays 08:00 20 March 2021 27 March 2021 13–15
6 28 March 2021 4 April 2021 16–18
7 10 April 2021 17 April 2021 19–21
8 (Final 2) Saturdays, Sundays and Fridays 08:00 18 April 2021 30 April 2021 22–24
9 (Final of Finalists 1) Fridays 08:00 7 May 2021 21 May 2021 25–27
3 10 Mondays 08:00 12 July 2021 26 July 2021 Kambiz Dirbaz 28–30
11 2 August 2021 16 August 2021 31–33
12 23 August 2021 6 September 2021 34–36
13 (Final 3) 20 September 2021 4 October 2021 37–39
14 (Final of Finalists 2) 11 October 2021 24 October 2021 40–42
4 15 Sundays 08:00 20 March 2022 3 April 2022 Mohammad Reza Alimardani 43–45
16 10 April 2022 24 April 2022 46–48
17 Tuesdays 08:00 3 May 2022 17 May 2022 49–51
18 (Final 4) 31 May 2022 14 June 2022 52–54
19 (Final of Finalists 3) 28 June 2022 12 July 2022 55–57
5 20 4 58–61

Reception

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Critical response

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Players like Hamed Ahangi, Amirali Nabavian, Majid Vasheghani, Bahareh Afshari, Iman Safa, Hossein Mehri, Maryam Momen were praised for their intelligence, confidence, logic and power of speech. All of them were in the finalist seasons of their respective series which only top players can participate.

Digikala ranked the top players in art and cinema section of their website in this order:

1. Hamed Ahangi "The Best Player"

2. Bahareh Afshari "The Most Unrivaled Female Player"

3. Majid Vasheghani

4. Hossein Soleimani "The Most Popular Male Player"

5. Amirali Nabavian "The Most Confident Player"

6. Iman Safa "The Loudest Player"[4]

GrapHall ranked the top 10 players as below:

Bahareh Afshari 8.5/10

Amirali Nabavian 8/10

Hamed Ahangi 7.5/10

Maryam Momen, Khodadad Azizi, Pouria Poursorkh 7/10

Iman Safa, Hossein Mehri, Omid Hajili 6.5/10

Majid Vasheghani 6/10[5][6]

Controversy

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Cheating

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During the broadcast of the series, the audience suspected that cheating was taking place in some episodes because some players on the first day of the game, without any reason or reasoning and with complete confidence, targeted three or four people, and all of them were mafia.[7]

In the third episode of the fourth season of the fourth series, Linda Kiani, who is always a quiet player and doesn't give strong reasons in her play and usually plays sensuously–she was very quiet in the fifth season of the fourth series that even several times some players like Hamed Ahangi and Khodadad Azizi asked her why is she not active in the game–insisted a lot on the fact that Iman Safa is a mafia and she didn't give a strong reason. At the last minutes, she also found the last mafia who was completely hidden and no one had said anything about him. During the game, Linda gestured to the three remaining citizens and convinced them to vote for Iman to leave. In this episode, they had an argument. Linda told him "A good player can play smartly without making a fuss." Iman answered "I'm not a good player because I can't say as smartly as you that I saw (the mafia), so follow my lead and I don't know how to make a link from there to here between other players." This episode brought a lot of criticism from the audience, because people believed that Linda had cheated, and Iman also stated this in his words. The audience criticized the god of the game, Mohammad Reza Alimardani, because Linda communicated with the rest of the players with her sign language and eye contacts during the day and she should have been kicked out of the game according to the rules of the game.[8]

In the second episode of the fifth season of the fourth series, the mafia were quickly found without a strong reason. On the third day of the game, Hamed Ahangi who was a mafia in that game, asked the first person, Majid Vasheghani, for permission to speak (challenge) and said "On the first day, when no information has reached anyone at night and no one has provided any strong reason, I do not accept that someone stands up and names someone as a mafia and most players agree on that person to go out of the game. This is not my game. I am a mafia and I won't be killed by the first shot at night because of my ability (bodyguard). Vote me out today."[9][10][11]

After he finished speaking, Mohammad Reza Alimardani, the god of the game, told him that he should leave the game due to the revelation of his role.[12]

After the airing of this episode, everyone was convinced that the game was rigged and because Majid Vasheghani had suggested to vote for the first mafia, Hossein Mehri, on the first day, he was severely attacked in social networks by the viewers of the series. Also, before the start of the game, when the players usually talk about the previous game and make comments or joke with each other, two players, Iman Safa and Majid Vasheghani, made jokes about Hamed before the start of this episode, which the audience called it mocking. Both received many negative comments because of their behavior.[13]

Hossein Mehri, who was removed from the game by the players' vote at the beginning of the game, wrote on his Instagram "I will reveal everything about Mafia Nights soon."[14]

Film News, a reliable news media in Iran, called this episode "The darkest night of Mafia Nights." with publishing the part of Hamed's words before leaving the game on Instagram.[15]

Iman Safa wrote a comment under that post and said "In my opinion, it was by far the worst and most immoral game in the entire Mafia Nights series. Hamed now understands what happened to me in the third episode of the fourth season of the fourth series."

Following the attack of negative comments of the audience on the official Instagram page of the Mafia Nights series, people criticized and said that this episode should not have been aired because it was clearly rigged and even two players, Iman Safa and Maryam Momen, after finishing the game, said that it was a bad episode and they did not enjoy the game. The official page of Mafia Nights series published a part of the next unreleased episode with the caption "Hamed Ahangi apologized for his behavior in the previous episode". In that video, before the start of the new game, Hamed said "In the previous game, something happened that made me nervous and I revealed my role, which is respectable for me. I want you to know that this was my first time and I hope it will be my last. I love you all. I am not a good player at all and I am really learning from you. I hope you are not upset with me and especially my teammates who were mafia with me."[16][17]

This video again brought strong criticism from the audience. The audience said that Hamed did not apologize for his behavior because he had done nothing wrong, but Mafia Nights series published this video with this caption to deny the frauds. While it was rigged and even the players had confirmed it.[18]

Following this video, Hamed posted a story on his Instagram and said "I apologized to the dear viewers, because people are always respectable to me, I wish the cheaters would apologize too. Apologizing does not make a person weak."[19]

In this story, he directly confirmed the fraud.

Following the negative comments and accusations of cheating against Majid Vasheghani, he posted a video of himself on Instagram and explained that he asked Hamed Ahangi if he meant him about cheating and Hamed told him no. Regarding the jokes of before the start of the game, he also said that he is very close with Hamed and he always jokes with Hamed in a serious tone and because the audience does not know about their friendship and their jokes with each other, it caused them to misunderstand.

Under the same post of Majid, Hamed wrote a comment for him "Majid you are my good friend. I didn't mean you. You are an excellent player." Majid replied him "I know what it was, what happened and what you said. You are a good friend and brother, which is much more beautiful and important than being a player."

Then Hamed posted a story on his Instagram and wrote that Majid Vasheghani and Iman Safa are excellent players without cheating.

On July 13, 2022, Hossein Mehri went live on Instagram and said "In the second episode, things happened that I preferred to tell people. When we recorded the program, I told Mr. Saeed Aboutaleb, the audience will definitely not like this episode, but he had a different opinion. Unfortunately, when the game started and four of the players spoke, I saw that two of the players looked outside and almost got confirmation, and I also saw who the interface person was. I made it clear right there in front of everyone (which was removed from the episode), the atmosphere became a bit heavy and the players who were mafia were upset that cheating was taking place. The citizens were also upset and those people who cheated were a little worried and this did not create a good atmosphere for the game. I will never name those two players, because in the end it was just a game anyway. From the very beginning, it was clear that I was a mafia, and some help had arrived, and that's why Hamed Ahangi made this decision after I left, and that was the end of the story."[20]

On July 28, 2022, Hamed had an interview with TV Plus and was asked about Mafia Nights. He said that the game has many flaws and in the middle of the game, players can request to stop the game for any reason, such as using the WC. He said that the stoppage of the game causes the players to move around and it has happened many times, for example, before the stoppage of the game, a player accused Iman Safa of being 80% mafia, and after the stoppage of the game, he completely forgot the previous accusation and he accuses Hamed of being a 100% mafia without any reason.[21]

His words led the fans to attack Ali Oji, who made exactly these two accusations in that episode. Ali Oji had been also seriously accused of being a cheater before because he plays without reason and his targets were always correct.

In the continuation of his words, Hamed said that some players bring a person with them behind the stage and show them signs and cheat. Even mobile phones are not taken from the players and they also cheat by receiving messages from people behind the scenes.

On August 6, 2022, the official Instagram page of the Mafia Nights series posted a photo of Saeed Aboutaleb, the creator, director and producer of Mafia Nights, and wrote in the caption that he will be doing a live stream soon, and will explain somethings about the comments of some players on the game.

On August 20, 2022, Filimo renewed Mafia Nights for the fifth series and it will be directed by Sina Dourandishan, produced by Mohammad Reza Rezaeean and Saeed Aboutaleb has left the Mafia Nights series.

On August 22, 2022, at 8:00 PM, Aboutaleb went live on Instagram and said "I spoke to players who said the game was rigged. They said the problem was not with me and our team, the problem was with the players themselves and it's not related to the people behind the scenes. Mafia nights had become repetitive for the audience due to the large number of episodes and seasons and the usual rules and methods. Our team no longer continues Mafia Nights series and we started making The Godfather series with new rules, methods and night scenarios. This show has changed a lot and it's very different from Mafia Nights. Our platform for streaming The Godfather series is Filmnet. The number of players is eleven, including three mafia, seven citizens and one independent. We have nothing to do with the continuation of Mafia Nights and we wish success and luck to their new team."

Soundtrack

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Kaveh Afagh and Mohammad Reza Alimardani have sung pieces separately for "Mafia Nights", which were broadcast over the final credits. The soundtrack is composed by Amin Malek.[22][23][24][25]

References

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  2. ^ "آغاز پخش "شب‌های مافیا"". Ilna. 15 November 2020.
  3. ^ "آغاز پخش برنامه "شب‌های مافیا" از سه شنبه". Mojnews. 15 November 2020.
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