Haft Sang (TV series)

{{short description|Iranian TV series, unofficial remake of Modern Family}}

{{Infobox television

| alt_name = Seven Stones

| image = Haft Sang (television series) logo.jpg

| genre = Drama
Romance
Comedy
Family

| creator = Christopher Lloyd
Steven Levitan

| writer = Alireza Bazrafshan
Sara Khosroabadi

| director = Alireza Bazrafshan

| starring = Mehdi Soltani

Parviz Poorhosseini
Behnam Tashakkor
Farnaz Rahnama
Shabnam Moghaddami
Elham Pavehnejad
Afshin Sangchap
Amir Reza Delavari
Arsalan Ghasemi

| country = Iran

| language = Persian

| num_episodes = 25

| runtime = 45 minutes

| company = 20th Century Fox International Television

| network = IRIB TV3

| first_aired = {{start date|2014|6|29}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2014|7|31}}

| caption = Poster for Haft Sang

| based_on = {{based on|Modern Family|Christopher Lloyd
Steven Levitan}}

}}

Haft Sang ({{langx|fa|هفت‌سنگ}}; "Seven stones") is an Iranian television series by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). It began airing in 2014, one day after the beginning of Ramadan. It is an unauthorised adaptation (or, as some commentators say, shot-for-shot copy) of the American television series Modern Family. 20th Century Fox did not authorize the production of this series, due to the economic sanctions by the U.S. against Iran.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/iranian-modern-family-haft-sang-unauthorized-version-1201257925/|title=Iranian Version of 'Modern Family' Unauthorized By 20th Century Fox TV - Variety|author=Jordyn Holman|work=Variety|date=3 July 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2015|archive-date=May 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528013225/http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/iranian-modern-family-haft-sang-unauthorized-version-1201257925/|url-status=live}}()

The show is named after "haft sang" or lagori, a children's game. Each episode is around 40 to 50 minutes long, twice as long as each episode of the original American version. As a result, the series has been said to have a slower pace compared to the American version.{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Aisha |date=2014-07-03 |title=The Story Behind That Iranian Version of Modern Family |url=https://slate.com/culture/2014/07/modern-family-in-iran-the-story-behind-haft-sang-an-adaptation-of-the-u-s-sitcom-video.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715153451/https://slate.com/culture/2014/07/modern-family-in-iran-the-story-behind-haft-sang-an-adaptation-of-the-u-s-sitcom-video.html |archive-date=2022-07-15 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Slate Magazine |language=en}} Some subplots in the American version are not present in Haft Sang, such as the ones that pertain to homosexuality or dating.