TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — On stage in Tehran, Iranian actors bring to life “Mehrara,” a musical set during the Qajar dynasty. The performance, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, combines dance, music and storytelling in a richly staged production.
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Iranian actors Jeyran Barikani, center, Kamal Razavi, right, and others dance during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Jeyran Barikani, center, and others dance during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actors Jeyran Barikani, left, and Kamal Razavi dance during a musical play "Mehrara," a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actors Jeyran Barikani, second left, Kamal Razavi, right, and others dance during a musical play "Mehrara," a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actors Jeyran Barikani, center, Kamal Razavi, right, and others dance during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Mahshid Goodarzi performs during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Jeyran Barikani, center, and others dance during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
The music band performs during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actor Kamal Razavi performs during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actors dance during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Chateau theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Jeyran Barikani dances during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actor Reza Jahangiri plays during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Chateau theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actors Jeyran Barikani, left, and Kamal Razavi dance during a musical play "Mehrara," a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Jeyran Barikani dances during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actors Jeyran Barikani, second left, Kamal Razavi, right, and others dance during a musical play "Mehrara," a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Jeyran Barikani dances during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actors Jeyran Barikani, center, Kamal Razavi, right, and others dance during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Mahshid Goodarzi performs during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Jeyran Barikani, center, and others dance during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
The music band performs during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actor Kamal Razavi performs during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actors dance during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Chateau theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Jeyran Barikani dances during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actor Reza Jahangiri plays during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Chateau theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actors Jeyran Barikani, left, and Kamal Razavi dance during a musical play "Mehrara," a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Jeyran Barikani dances during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actors Jeyran Barikani, second left, Kamal Razavi, right, and others dance during a musical play "Mehrara," a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian actress Jeyran Barikani dances during a musical play "Mehrara", a love story which takes place in Qajar dynasty era, directed by Daniyal Ghafari, at Neauphle-le-Château theater hall, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — John Marino scored at 4:03 of the third period to break a tie and give the Utah Mammoth a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.
Marino also assisted on Nick Schmaltz's 17th goal of the season and Karel Vejmelka made 26 stops as the Mammoth won for the fifth time in six games.
Mikko Rantanen scored and Jake Oettinger had 25 saves for Dallas, which has lost nine of its last 11 games.
Schmaltz broke a scoreless deadlock with 7 seconds left in the second period, tipping in a feed from Marino. It was the fourth latest goal in any regulation period in Utah's short franchise history.
The Mammoth nearly made it 2-0 just 38 seconds into the third, but Lawson Crouse had his goal wiped off the board for high-sticking.
Rantanen leveled the score with a power-play goal at the 2:04 of the third.
Marino answered two minutes later, snapping the puck home from long distance to put the Mammoth up 2-1 with his second winning goal of the season.
Utah improved to 16-1-1 this season when leading after two periods.
Stars: host Tampa Bay on Sunday.
Mammoth: host Seattle on Saturday.
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Dallas Stars defenseman Kyle Capobianco, right, moves the puck against Utah Mammoth defenseman Sean Durzi during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Dallas Stars defenseman Thomas Harley (55) shoots the puck against Utah Mammoth goaltender Karel Vejmelka (70) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Dallas Stars center Wyatt Johnston, right, moves the puck against Utah Mammoth left wing Lawson Crouse during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Dallas Stars left wing Jason Robertson, center left, fights for the puck against Utah Mammoth defenseman John Marino (6) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)