The central concern of this study is to examine how narrative organization in Taste of Cherry is constructed through the mechanisms of silence, information omission, and the unsaid. The article aims to demonstrate the role of these elements as active structural mechanisms in shaping the narrative and in activating the viewer’s interpretive participation. Adopting a qualitative and interpretive approach, the study draws on a theoretical framework that combines cinematic narratology with visual semantic semiotics, inspired by Hamid Reza Shairi’s model of visual elements of silence, to analyze the film’s narrative structure. The findings indicate that narration in Taste of Cherry does not progress through a linear advancement of events; rather, it is formed through the careful organization of visual silences, informational gaps, and visual elements of silence (such as negative space, rhythm, and pause). The study argues that in Abbas Kiarostami’s minimalist cinema, silence and the unsaid do not signify the absence of narration; instead, they function as active narrative engines that suspend meaning and transform the act of viewing into a reflective and contemplative experience