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.
The Persian Gulf Pro League, formerly known as the Iran Premier League, is the top men's professional football division of the Iranian football league system. It is controlled by the FFIRI and is contested by 16 teams over a 30-matchday period.
Arash Labbaf is an Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer, and producer.
Alona Tal is an Israeli actress and singer. She is known for her roles in Veronica Mars as cheerleader Meg Manning, in Supernatural as budding monster hunter Jo Harvelle, as Sonya Lebedenko in the final season of Burn Notice, and in SEAL Team as grad student Stella Baxter.
Amin Hayai is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, three Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Honorary Diploma, in addition to nomination for an Iran Cinema Celebration Award.
Taraneh Alidoosti is an Iranian actress. She is best known internationally for her role in The Salesman (2016), which won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 89th Academy Awards. In a poll conducted among 130 film critics by Sanate Cinema magazine, she was voted the best Iranian movie actress of the decade. In 2012, a similar poll by the Film magazine also chose her as the best actress of the decade.
Mahnaz Afshar is an Iranian actress. She gained wide recognition in the record-breaking film Cease Fire (2006). Afshar is one of Iran's highest-paid actresses, She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Cymorgh, two Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
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.
Googoosh Music Academy is an Iranian television reality music competition to find new singing talent. The show began airing from London on 22 January 2011 and was broadcast by Manoto.
Jasmine Karolina Kara Khatib-Nia, known by her stage name Jasmine Kara, is a Swedish-Iranian singer, songwriter, and author. Her breakthrough came in the summer of 2010, when she released her debut album Blues Ain't Nothing But a Good Woman Gone Bad, sang in Allsång på Skansen, and at a concert held in connection with the Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling. Since then, she has frequently appeared in Swedish music TV shows such as Let's Dance on TV4, Lotta på Liseberg, and Moraeus Med Mera. Jasmine had P3 Gold nominations, performed at the Swedish Grammy awards, and has toured in Sweden, Japan, UK and the United States.
Arash Sobhani is an Iranian musician and television host. He is the lead singer and guitarist of underground rock band Kiosk and the host of OnTen, a satirical news program that airs on VOA Persian.
Persian Talent Show is a reality television show competition that searches for the most talented acts across the Iranian diaspora. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages. The program is broadcast internationally on the GLWiZ program, and is judged by Shahram Shabpareh, Behrouz Vossoughi and Faramarz Aslani. The first couple seasons have been aired from Dubai with plans to expand to locations in Europe and North America.
Mehdi Ghayedi is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward or second striker for UAE Pro League club Kalba and the Iran national team. Known for his high speed, agility, and flair, he is nicknamed the "Neymar of Asia".
Persia's Got Talent with acronym PGT is a spin-off of the British talent show Got Talent aimed at Persian-speaking audiences across the world, mainly in Iran. It is produced outside Iran and is aired on MBC Persia, part of the Middle East Broadcasting Center, since 31 January 2020.
Nazanin Nour is an Iranian-American actress, model and writer. She has appeared on several television films and shows, including Madam Secretary. She is one of the judges of the first season of Persia's Got Talent, the Persian spin-off of the British talent show Got Talent, produced in Stockholm, Sweden.
Tara Grammy is an Iranian-Canadian actress and playwright.
Farzan Athari is a Swedish Iranian, TV host, model and actor. He has worked in the fashion and entertainment industry in 23 different countries and collaborated with over 100 brands, he has also had leading roles in movies and hosted television shows.
Behrouz Ataei is an Iranian volleyball coach and current manager. He is former head coach of Iran men's national volleyball team He started playing volleyball in 1985, and two years later, for eight consecutive years, he was a member of the national teams of different categories of youth and adults.
Jon Courtenay is an English singer, pianist, entertainer and comedian, known for winning the fourteenth series of Britain's Got Talent, having previously been awarded the golden buzzer during his audition by presenters Ant & Dec. He was the first ever Golden Buzzer act to win in the history of the show.
The 2021–22 Persian Gulf Pro League is the 39th season of Iran's Football League and 21st as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Esteghlal won the league with a record 68-point through an unprecedented unbeaten campaign. The season featured 14 teams from the 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2020–21 Azadegan League: Fajr Sepasi and Havadar.
