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| | Part 1 |
| 1 | Ellie |
Tavakoli | Protagonist. |
| | Angela |
| Ellie's friend and co-worker. |
| | Homa |
Roozbeh | Ellie's old friend in Tehran. |
| | Mehrdad |
Tavakoli | Ellie's husband. |
| | Bahar |
| Homa's daughter. |
| 2 | Massoud |
| Ellie's uncle. |
| | Naser |
Al-Din Shah | 4th of Shah of Qajar,Iran, Ellie's ancestor. |
| 3 | Sammy |
| A bully kid. |
| | Reza |
Shah | Current King's father. |
| 4 | Monir |
Khanom | Homa's mother. |
| | Sara |
Roozbeh | Homa's sister. |
| 7 | Khanom |
Tabatabayi | Homa and Ellie's adviser. |
| | Mrs. |
Dashti | The school principal. |
| | Ali Reza |
Roozbeh | Homa's baby sister. |
| |
| | Part 2 |
| 9 | Niloo |
| Ellie's high school classmate and friend. |
| | Sousan |
| Ellie's friend. |
| | Mossadegh |
| Prime minister. |
| 11 |
Afarin | Molavi |
Ellie's powerful and very rich classmate. |
| | Mrs. |
Roshanfekr | Ellie's literature teacher. |
| 12 |
Batul | |
Soltani's housekeeper. |
| 13 |
The | Colonel |
Sousan's fiancee. |
| | Neil |
Sedaka | A musician. |
| 16 |
Abdol | |
Mehrdad's classmate and friend. |
| | Mr. |
Tavakoli | Mehrdad's father. |
| | Mrs. |
Tavakoli | Mehrdad's mother. |
| | Mr. |
Soltani | Ellie's father. |
| | Mrs. |
Soltani | Ellie's mother. |
| 20 |
Hooman | |
Niloo's fiance. |
| | Ayatollah |
Khomeini | A religious cleric. |
| |
| | Part 4 |
| 31 |
Jimmy | Carter |
Current U.S President. |
| 32 |
Sanam | |
Homa's student. |
| 34 |
Yassi | |
Homa's new friend. |
| | Rudabeh |
| Yassi's friend. |
| 35 |
Kate | Millett |
American author and feminist activist. |
| | Saddam |
Hussein | Former President of Iraq. |
| |
| | Part 5 |
| 36 |
Farah | Pahlavi |
Queen of Iran. |
| | Farrah |
Pawcett | International Star. |
| | Ling |
Fei | Mehrdad's colleague. |
| | Thomas |
| Mehrdad's colleague. |
| | Gabriela |
| Mehrdad's colleague. |
| | Dr. |
Kohler | Mehrdad's boss. |
| | Ryan |
| Angela's husband. |
| 37 |
Queen | Elizabeth |
Queen of England. |
| | Roseanne |
| The waitress. |
| 40 |
Mrs. | Falcon |
The school receptionist. |
| 41 |
Madison | Cutler |
Bahar's popular classmate. |
| 44 |
Mrs. | Cutler |
Madison's mother. |
| 47 |
Leily | Murphy |
Bahar's daughter. |
| | Steve |
Murphy | Bahar's husband, Leily's father. |
| | Mahsa |
Amini | Victim of police brutality in Tehran. Aka: Jina Amini. |
