Mehrnoush Salimi

Leila, a young and talented tightrope walker, was banned from performing by the authorities. Since then, she has been working in her father's old circus. Samir is a teenager who falls in love with Leila and, instead of going to school, spends his days at the circus. At the same time, as political and economic problems in Iran deepen, the boy's father, Siamak, after many years of working in different jobs, gets a job as a foreman on a small donkey farm. When the animals start to disappear, he comes across terrible secrets and a web of corruption.

Fuad is a 12 year old boy who has come to the capital city from surrounding cities, to support his mother’s living expenses in addition to those associated with her illness. He is willing and ready to take on any paying job and engage in any business, including slaughtering roosters, sifting through garbage, and carrying loads. He encounters problems and difficulties when engaging in each job. “Daily Massacre in Tehran” portrays pieces and layers from the life and problems of a young small town boy in the capital city.