Ashkan Khatibi

Ashkan Khatibi (Persian: اشکان خطیبی; born October 11, 1979) is an Iranian actor, singer-songwriter and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Shirzad Malek in Once Upon a Time in Iran (2021–2022). He earned an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association nomination for his performance in Bench Cinema (2016).