Arash Sobhani ( fa, آرش سبحانی; born 3 January 1971 in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

) is an Iranian musician and

television host A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garner ...

. He is the lead singer and guitarist of underground rock band

Kiosk Historically, a kiosk () was a small garden pavilion open on some or all sides common in Iran, Persia, the Indian subcontinent, and in the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century onward. Today, several examples of this type of kiosk still exist ...

and the host of ''

OnTen OnTen ( fa, آنتن) was an award-winning hit satirical news show that tackled domestic and international political and social issues. In a 30-minute weekly show, OnTen explored the headlines and the stories behind the headlines with cutting-e ...

'', a satirical news program that airs on VOA Persian. Sobhani was born and raised in Tehran, and attended

Isfahan University of Art Isfahan University of Art (AUI) ( fa, دانشگاه هنر اصفهان) is a public University in Isfahan, Iran. It operated under the name of "Farabi University" before 1978, then it became a campus of the University of Art (based at Art Unive ...

, from where he earned a MA in architecture. He moved to the United States in 2005 to release Kiosk's first album, ''Ordinary Man''. Since then Kiosk has released nine albums and has toured in various parts of the world. He has been an active advocate of human rights and democracy in Iran and has been invited to give speeches about Iranian cultural and social issues in various universities, including Harvard, Stanford, UCI etc. In 2019 Arash Sobhani produced the hit series ''

Persia's Got Talent ''Persia's Got Talent'' ( fa, پرشیاز گات تلنت) 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 ( also known as "Persia"). It is produced o ...

'' for the

MBC Persia MBC Persia is a free-to-air television channel owned by the Saudi media conglomerate MBC Group that shows movies and television series. Programs are subtitled in Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ...

network. His other projects in TV include ''Nowruz Special'', ''OnTen'' for VOA and Studio 13 for

Iran International Iran International ( fa, ایران اینترنشنال) is a Persian language news television channel headquartered in London, UK, aimed at Iranian viewers, and broadcasting free-to-air by satellite. Iran International was established in 2017 a ...

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