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Shakila (musician)
Shakila is an Iranian-born Persian-American singer based in San Francisco, born in 1962, whose career since 1990 spans Taraneh and Caltex Records and over sixty albums.
Shardad Rohani
Shardad Rohani (شهرداد روحانی) is an Iranian-American composer, conductor, and violinist, born in Tehran and trained in Vienna, known for conducting Yanni's televised 1994 Live at the Acropolis concert.
Siavash Ghomayshi
Siavash Ghomayshi (سیاوش قمیشی) is an Iranian singer, musician, and songwriter born in 1945 in Ahvaz, who composed for Ebi and Dariush before leaving Iran after the revolution.
Sijal
Sijal (سیجل) is the stage name of Siavash Jalali, an Iranian rapper and songwriter in the Tehran hip-hop group Zedbazi, active in Persian rap since 2007.
Sogand
Sogand (سوگند), the stage name of Sogand Soheili, is an Iranian rapper, singer, and songwriter born in Isfahan in 1987, known as a pioneering woman in Persian hip-hop.
Sohrab Pournazeri
Sohrab Pournazeri (سهراب پورناظری) is an Iranian composer and virtuoso of the tanbour, kamancheh, and setar, best known for his classical-pop duo with singer Homayoun Shajarian.
Sussan Deyhim
Sussan Deyhim, born in Iran in 1958, is an Iranian composer and vocalist who left Tehran in 1980, blending Persian music with electronics from New York and later Los Angeles.
Tiktaak
Tik Taak (تیک تاک) is an Iranian hip-hop and pop-rap group active since 2011, known for 'Erade Kon', 'Na Dige Na', and '5Shanbe', with over 300 million plays.
Valy
Valy (والی), born Valy Hedjasi, is an Afghan pop singer born in Mashhad, Iran, raised in Germany, known for his 2007 debut album After Love.
Viguen
Viguen (Vigen Derderian, ویگن) was an Armenian-Iranian pop singer and guitarist, born in Hamadan in 1929, regarded as Iran's first male pop star and known as the "Sultan of Jazz".
Zahir Howaida
Zahir Howaida (ظاهر هویدا) was an Afghan singer from Daykundi province, a leading voice of the Radio Kabul golden age of the 1960s and 1970s.
Zedbazi
Zedbazi (زدبازی) is an Iranian hip-hop group formed in Tehran in 2002, credited as the pioneer of gangsta rap in Iran with its 2007 hit "Tabestoon Kootahe".