Introduction and Objective: Iranian food culture encompasses customs, traditions, values, ‎equipment, and cooking methods. This dynamic culture lies at the intersection of national ‎identity, family relations, and tradition-modernity tensions, reflecting an integral part of ‎Iranians' material and intangible heritage. The objective of this study is to analyze the themes ‎of Iranian food culture representation in Iranian cinema and media as presented in previous ‎research.‎

Method: In terms of objective, this research is of a developmental type. The research method is ‎qualitative, based on thematic analysis technique. The statistical population consists of ‎completed Persian-language research articles focusing on Iranian food culture that have ‎addressed its representation in cinema and media within the timeframe of 2011-2025 and ‎have been published in Iranian journals.‎

Findings: This research demonstrates that the representation of Iranian food culture in media ‎and cinema is structured around three main discursive axes: the confrontation of traditional ‎identity with global patterns, the display of class-based and gendered power relations, and the ‎paradoxical role of media as an agent that simultaneously constructs identity and creates ‎social fissures. In these works, food transcends its purely nutritional aspect, becoming a ‎symbolic language for expressing social, identity-related, and ideological conflicts.‎

Overall Conclusion: In Iranian media and cinema, food serves as a symbolic arena for struggles ‎over identity, power, and ideology; it reveals the fissures of tradition-modernity, poverty-‎wealth, and the dual role of media. Its analysis enables an understanding of the conflicts ‎within contemporary Iranian society.‎