Iranian rock refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since the late forties, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Farhad Mehrad, Fereydoon Foroughi and Habib Mohebian, but was largely forgotten after the Cultural Revolution. Like most rock styles, electric guitar and bass guitar and drums are the main instruments in this type of music. In some groups, the keyboard also has the task of adjusting the rhythms and symbols.
Vida Ghahremani was an Iranian film actress.
Elsa Firouz Azar also Elsa Firuz Azar, is an Iranian film actress.
Dar Cheshm-e Baad is an Iranian historical television series directed by Masoud Jafari Jozani.
Naser Malek Motiei was an Iranian actor and director. He starred in numerous films and television shows.
Azar Shiva is an Iranian actress. She is well-known for her role in the movie 'Soltane Ghalbha'.
Sadaf Taherian is an Iranian model and former actress. She had appearances in Iranian Movies and TV. After leaving the country, Sadaf posted unveiled images of herself on Facebook and Instagram that were denounced by Iran is ministry of culture and Islamic guidance.
Azar is the common English spelling for several given names and surnames: the Arabic عازار ʿāzār, the Persian آذر āẕar, as well as a Hebrew name.
Shahla Safi Zamir, better known by her stage name Marjan, is an Iranian singer and former actress. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 stopped her career and for 27 years (1979–2006) she was unable to continue her career.
Naser Cheshmazar was an Iranian musician, composer, and arranger. He was mater in classical music, musical theater, blues, folk music, jazz, and popular music. Cheshm Azar composed songs for many well-known Iranian singers including Hayedeh, Googoosh, Mahasti, Dariush, Sattar, Ebi, Leila Forouhar, etc.
Luigi Pesce was an Italian colonel and photographer who traveled to Iran in 1848, during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, to train Iranian infantry units. He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Tehran, Iran. He was buried beside his wife in Doulab Cemetery.
Roozbeh Azar is an Iranian solo guitarist in flamenco and fusion guitarist. He learned Iranian traditional music under Reza Darman, Amir Moshir Falsafi, Faramarz Shokrkhah from 1988 to 1993. He learned flamenco guitar under supervision of Mansour Rasa in 1994 and he learned the principles of harmony and music composing under Mohammad Haghgou.
Parviz Maghsadi band was an Iranian rock band. The group was formed by renowned Iranian composer Parviz Maghsadi to discover new talents. He was able to introduce talents like Dariush Eghbali and Afshin Moghaddam into the music world. Parviz Maghsadi band was the first band to introduce Mandolin to Iranian music. Quiet rhythms, mandolin solos, symphonies and love poems were instrumental in determining the band's music. The band's activities lasted only three years. The band performed new rhythms in Iranian music that later became very influential. Although they never achieved much success, famous and important Iranian pop singers such as Afshin Moghaddam and Dariush Eghbali started With this group.
"The Traveler" is a song by the band Parviz Maghsadi band released on the bells album. This song is best known for its cover by Afshin Moghaddam. The song is also known as "Afshin's Death" because Afshin sings the first part of the song before his accident and death. The song, like other songs by The Bells, was composed by jazz band The Super Five.
"The Past" is a song by Afshin Moghadam, composed by the Super Five, sung by the Parviz Maghsadi band and included in the bells album. This song is one of the first samples of Iranian hard rock. Afshin Moghaddam later covered the song in his album, Zemestoon.
Zemestoon is an album by Iranian singer Afshin Moghaddam. The song "The Past" appeared twice on the album, once with Afshin's voice and again with Afshin's friend Keyvan. At the time of this album's release, it received no critical attention. But after the album was reissued in 2002, Art Music called it "one of the top ten albums in Iranian music history."
"Zemestoon" (Winter) (Persian:زمستون) is a song written by Jahanbakhsh Pazouki, composed by Cheshm Azar Group, and sung by Afshin Moghaddam on his first album of the same name. Zemestoon is regarded as Moghaddam's most famous song, though he only performed it live once, two months before his death.
Moluk Anghoz (1934–2007), known as Afat, was an Iranian singer in the Iranian Street Music genre. She is one of the pioneers of this style.
"Do not laugh at me" is a song by songwriter by Jahanbakhsh Pazouki. The song was first sung by the band Son Soul Brothers. But the song is more famous with the performance of Afshin Moghaddam.
Iranian Heavy Metal is a subset of Iranian rock. The genre originated in Iran in the late 1970s and gained much popularity after the Iranian Revolution. Many heavy metal Subgenres, such as death metal, are known in Iran thanks to rock and metal festivals in neighboring countries like Georgia. Heavy metal has been widely introduced into Iranian music since the Iran-Iraq War. Iranian heavy metal is heavily influenced by American metal. Heavy metal is still banned in Iran, and the ban has become more severe in recent years as heavy metal has become a symbol of underground musicians in Iran.
