diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index de29c7956f..c2fa83918f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@
 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 0000000000..724d8b1c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/presstv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import str_to_int
+
+
+class PressTVIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?presstv\.ir/Video/(?P<y>[0-9]+)/(?P<m>[0-9]+)/(?P<d>[0-9]+)/(?P<id>[0-9]+)/'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.presstv.ir/Video/2015/10/04/431915/Max-Igan-Press-TV-Face-to-Face',
+        'md5': 'e95736ac75088b5f1e5bbb68f248f90d',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '431915',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Press TV’s full interview with Max Igan',
+            'upload_date': '20151004',
+            'thumbnail': 'http://217.218.67.233/photo/20151004/d5c333ad-98f9-4bd3-bc3e-a1ad6a192803.jpg',
+            'description': ('Watch Press TV’s full interview with Max Igan, a radio talk show host and political '
+                            'commentator.\nThe interview, conducted on Press TV’s Face '
+                            'to Face program, was aired on October 3, 2015.')
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        # extract video URL from webpage
+        video_url = self._html_search_regex(r'<input type="hidden" id="inpPlayback" value="([^"]+)" />', webpage,
+                                            'Video URL')
+
+        # build list of available formats
+        # specified in http://www.presstv.ir/Scripts/playback.js
+        base_url = 'http://192.99.219.222:82/presstv'
+        formats = [
+            {
+                'url': base_url + video_url,
+                'format': '1080p mp4',
+                'format_id': '1080p'
+            }, {
+                'url': base_url + video_url.replace(".mp4", "_low800.mp4"),
+                'format': '720p mp4',
+                'format_id': '720p'
+            }, {
+                'url': base_url + video_url.replace(".mp4", "_low400.mp4"),
+                'format': '360p mp4',
+                'format_id': '360p'
+            }, {
+                'url': base_url + video_url.replace(".mp4", "_low200.mp4"),
+                'format': '180p mp4',
+                'format_id': '180p'
+            }
+        ]
+        formats.reverse()
+
+        # extract video metadata
+        title = self._html_search_meta('title', webpage, 'Title', True)
+        title = title.partition(' - ')[2]
+
+        description = self._html_search_regex(r'<div class="media-text nano-content">(.*?)</div>', webpage,
+                                              'Description', flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+        thumbnail = self._html_search_meta('og:image', webpage, 'Thumbnail', True)
+
+        year = str_to_int(self._search_regex(PressTVIE._VALID_URL, url, 'Upload year', group='y'))
+        month = str_to_int(self._search_regex(PressTVIE._VALID_URL, url, 'Upload month', group='m'))
+        day = str_to_int(self._search_regex(PressTVIE._VALID_URL, url, 'Upload day', group='d'))
+        upload_date = '%04d%02d%02d' % (year, month, day)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
+            'description': description
+        }