Faegheh Atashin, known professionally as Googoosh, is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over six decades. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.
Iranian rock refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since 1960s, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Farhad Mehrad, Fereydoon Foroughi and Habib Mohebian, but was largely forgotten after the Iranian Revolution. Like most rock styles, electric guitar and bass guitar and drums are the main instruments in this type of music. In some groups, keyboard and piano are very important.
Ebrahim Hamedi, better known by his stage name Ebi (ابی), is an Iranian pop singer who first started his career in Tehran and Karaj, gaining fame as part of a band, and later as a solo performer. He moved to Los Angeles in 1977, two years before the 1979 revolution in Iran, and continued his career in exile. Over 50 years, Ebi has released nearly 200 singles and over 30 albums.
Pouya Pourjalil is an Iranian pop singer.
Rana Azadivar is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her role as Faezeh in The Lizard (2004). Azadivar gained wide recognition after portraying the leading role of Samira Bakhshi in the widely streamed drama series Mortal Wound (2021).
AmirHossein Maghsoudloo, known professionally as Amir Tataloo, is an Iranian singer, rapper, songwriter. He is one of Iran’s most famous and controversial artists for his full body tattoo and his frequent open dialogue toward politics and social aspects of Iran's younger generations. He is part of the first generation of the Iranian underground hip hop scene and also one of the first R&B singers in Persian. He is currently in Iran and under arrest for criticizing the Iranian government's human rights record in his songs and on social media.
Roya Mirelmi is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Pelargonium (2015) and Bachelors (2016–2018), the latter earned her a Hafez Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Television Series.
Mohammad Javad Ezzati is an Iranian actor and director. He has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres. As of 2019, Ezzati's starring films have grossed 150 billion toman and accumulated more than 18 million tickets, making him the highest-grossing actor in Iran. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards, an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award, and an Urban International Film Festival Award.
Mojgan Shajarian is an Iranian painter, graphic designer, vocalist, and setar player. She is the daughter of musician Mohammad-Reza Shajarian and sister of Iranian singer Homayoun Shajarian.
Fereshteh Hosseini is an Afghan-Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Parting (2016), The Frog (2020–2021), and Dwelling Among the Gods (2024). Hosseini won the Best Actress award at the 16th Marrakech International Film Festival for her performance in Parting.
Hadi Hejazifar is an Iranian actor, director and screenwriter. He gained attention and received critical acclaim for his performances in films Standing in the Dust (2016), Midday Adventures (2017), Atabai (2020), Majority (2021), and The Lion Skin (2022–2023). He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards, an Urban International Film Festival Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.
Majid Vasheghani Farahani is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his acting in Detour (2012), Under the Mother's Feet (2017) and From Destiny (2019–2022). Vasheghani gained recognition and popularity for playing in reality shows Mafia Nights (2020–2022), Joker (2022), and Godfather (2022–present).
Ahllam is an Iranian-Emirati singer of Khaliji music, musician, and dancer. She is known for her contributions to Persian pop music and arabic music.
Mehrdad Akhavan, better known by his stage name Mehrdad Asemani, was born on July 16, 1967, in Tehran, Iran. He is an Iranian singer, composer, and musician currently living in Los Angeles.
"Maybe Paradise" is the debut single by Iranian singer-songwriter Shervin Hajipour. It was officially released on May 12, 2019, through all Hajipour's platforms. Written and performed by Hajipour, it is a power pop blending electropop and dream pop styles. In the lyrics, the narrator is talking to his ex-lover and promising her that they will meet each other later somewhere else, maybe in paradise.
Kian Pourtorab ; is a singer, songwriter, composer and musician from Iran. He is also known as the founder and lead singer of Comment Band, an alternative rock band in Iran. The band stopped activities in 2016 and Pourtorab pursued his career as a solo artist. He has since released several solo albums including “This Side (2018)”, “Q (2021)”, ”Shabgard (2022)” along with multiple solo singles such as “Delsard”, “Ye Khabeh, Na Bishtar”, and “Bord o Bakht”.
Sheida Khaligh is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in Girls (2009), Golshifteh (2018), and The Last Birthday (2023).
The second season of the Iranian television mystery music game show Sedato premiered on Filimo on 21 March 2024.
Anahita Afshar is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her role as Marzieh in Three by Four (2008). In 2015, Afshar received a Hafez Award nomination for her performance in Snow (2014).
Soudabeh Beizaee is an Iranian actress, director, producer and writer. She is best known for her performance in Mohammad Rasoulof's A Man of Integrity (2017), which won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Beizaee also appeared in films and television series such as The Child and the Angel (2009), Black Intelligence (2010–2013), The Bright Day (2013), Amen (2015), Breath (2017), and Touba (2024).
