Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was an Iranian singer and master (Ostad) of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitarian activities. Shajarian started his singing career in 1959 at Radio Khorasan, rising to prominence in the 1960s with his distinct singing style. His main teachers were Ahmad Ebadi, Esmaeil Mehrtash, Abdollah Davami, and Nour-Ali Boroumand. He also learned the vocal styles of singers from previous generations, including Reza Gholi Mirza Zelli, Fariborz Manouchehri, Ghamar Molouk Vaziri, Eghbal Azar, and Taj Isfahani. He has cited legendary Persian tar soloist Jalil Shahnaz as highly influential to his development, indicating that he has often tried to mimic Shahnaz's playing style in his singing.
The Persian Gulf Pro League, formerly known as the Iran Pro League of the Persian Gulf Pro League is qualified for the AFC Champions League Play-off round. The bottom two teams in the league are relegated to Azadegan League. In the past, the format and number of teams were changed for various times. Persepolis is the most successful club with seven titles.
Kamran Shirdel is an Iranian filmmaker and documentarist.
IRIB TV4 is one of the 32 national television channels in Iran. Its slogan is "the channel of wisdom."
The Iran Broadcasting University formerly known as the Iran Broadcasting College is a public university in Tehran, Iran. It is affiliated to I.R.I.B and also has campuses in Qom.
Hamid Mojtahedi was an Iranian director and cinematographer who is best known for his documentaries.
Television was first introduced to Iran in 1958, as a privately-owned and commercially-operated enterprise, before being nationalised, remaining a state-controlled monopoly, first of National Iranian Radio and Television, and following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.
Iran Airtour is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. Iran Airtour's hubs are at Mehrabad International Airport and Mashhad International Airport. In total, the group has 11 aircraft in service. It operates scheduled domestic and international passenger service, Iran Airtours is one of IATA members in Iran and has IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate.
Khandevane or Khandevaneh/xændeva:ne/ (help·info) (Persian: خندوانه is an Iranian telecast directed by Rambod Javan. It first aired on 11 June 2014 on Nasim channel. The program is focused on showing that there should not be any reason not to laugh using various acts such as stand-up comedy. It aired on cable network IRIB Nasim on Wednesdays to Fridays at 23:00 . For its first two seasons, the program consisted of several parts like: Stand-up comedy, Live music, and Interviews. Other programs include: Report of the people, Competition in the studio, Sms Competition for featured viewers, and Lottery. A new item added to the show from its third season is Labahang. It is proclaimed by the program that it is adapted from Lip Sync Battle.
Aparat is an Iranian video-sharing service which began tentatively in February 2011, and officially two months later on April 13, 2011. In 2020, due to the activity of one of the users of Aparat, its CEO was sentenced to ten years in prison. He has since been released. Aparat, as well as Cloob and Mihanblog websites, have been launched by Saba Idea Tech Company and are managed by Mohammad Javad Shakouri Moghhadam. Aparat was selected as the best film website in 2011.
Mohammad Mehdi Goorangi is an Iranian musician and composer.
Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent President of Iran, launched his reelection campaign for the Presidential office in February 2017. The election itself and related events received international media attention with many issues being raised. Rouhani achieved a decisive victory after the May 2017 vote, with Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announcing that out of 41.3 million total votes cast Rouhani got 23.6 million. Ebrahim Raisi, Rouhani's closest rival, had picked up 15.8 million votes in contrast.
Farzad Fattahi is an Iranian songwriter, documentary maker and TV Producer. Throughout his career, he collaborated with many musicians. He began his activity with Radio Tehran at age 16 with the title of "Tehran at the Night " by Hamid Ameli.
The Green Journey is a 2001 Iranian drama TV series directed by Mohammad Hossein Latifi. The cast includes Parsa Pirouzfar, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Amin Tarokh, Sara Khoeniha and Gohar Kheirandish.
Reza Rashidpour is an Iranian pilot, presenter, producer, poet, director and actor.
The Event is an Iranian TV program hosted by Reza Rashidpour. The program dealt with topics in the fields of science, culture, society, politics and sports with the presence of prominent figures in each of these fields. The Event ended after the end of Ramadan on May 24, 2020.
Bist Hejdah was a live TV program covering the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The program was produced by Adel Ferdosipour and hosted by him and Mohammad Reza Ahmadi. This program was the most watched Iran media program for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Bist Hejdah started working on 11 June 2018, and ended on 15 July 2018, with the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Bist Hejdah included a variety of items that in part introduced the countries present at this major sporting event. A number of dubbing artists and actors, including Manouchehr Zandedel, Amir Joshaghani, and... narrated this section. Mohammad Hossein Misaghi was the reporter of this program in Russia. The title song of the Bist Hejdah program was composed by Sirvan Khosravi. In Bist Hejdah, 56 matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup were broadcast live.
Soheil Beiraghi is an Iranian independent film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed the award-winning films I (Me), Cold Sweat and Popular. He started out on his filmmaking career in 2005 as an assistant director in a number of cinematic productions. His ten-year experience of working as an assistant director and planner, paved the way for the making of his first feature film I (Me). Beiraghi has also a record on play writing and theater directing.
I is a 2016 Iranian film written and directed by Soheil Beiraghi. The film screened for the first time at the 34th Fajr Film Festival.
Mohammad Saleh Meftah is an Iranian jurist, political activist and journalist. He is a member of the Central Council and chairman of Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran. He is known as an activist of the Persian-language Twitter community and as someone who makes demands of the authorities. He was born in Estahban, Fars province, and lives in Tehran. He is known as a Principlist political figure and media activist, and he is a member of the Central Council of the Muslim Bloggers Association.
