diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index c1a13c982..c234ff127 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ from .pornhub import (
 from .pornotube import PornotubeIE
 from .pornovoisines import PornoVoisinesIE
 from .pornoxo import PornoXOIE
+from .presstv import PressTVIE
 from .primesharetv import PrimeShareTVIE
 from .promptfile import PromptFileIE
 from .prosiebensat1 import ProSiebenSat1IE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/presstv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/presstv.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2da93ed34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/presstv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import remove_start
+
+
+class PressTVIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?presstv\.ir/[^/]+/(?P<y>\d+)/(?P<m>\d+)/(?P<d>\d+)/(?P<id>\d+)/(?P<display_id>[^/]+)?'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/04/09/459911/Australian-sewerage-treatment-facility-/',
+        'md5': '5d7e3195a447cb13e9267e931d8dd5a5',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '459911',
+            'display_id': 'Australian-sewerage-treatment-facility-',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Organic mattresses used to clean waste water',
+            'upload_date': '20160409',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'description': 'md5:20002e654bbafb6908395a5c0cfcd125'
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        display_id = mobj.group('display_id') or video_id
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+
+        # extract video URL from webpage
+        video_url = self._hidden_inputs(webpage)['inpPlayback']
+
+        # build list of available formats
+        # specified in http://www.presstv.ir/Scripts/playback.js
+        base_url = 'http://192.99.219.222:82/presstv'
+        _formats = [
+            (180, '_low200.mp4'),
+            (360, '_low400.mp4'),
+            (720, '_low800.mp4'),
+            (1080, '.mp4')
+        ]
+
+        formats = [{
+            'url': base_url + video_url[:-4] + extension,
+            'format_id': '%dp' % height,
+            'height': height,
+        } for height, extension in _formats]
+
+        # extract video metadata
+        title = remove_start(
+            self._html_search_meta('title', webpage, fatal=True), 'PressTV-')
+
+        thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
+        description = self._og_search_description(webpage)
+
+        upload_date = '%04d%02d%02d' % (
+            int(mobj.group('y')),
+            int(mobj.group('m')),
+            int(mobj.group('d')),
+        )
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'display_id': display_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
+            'description': description
+        }