Arash Sobhani (; born 3 January 1971 in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

) is an Iranian musician and

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. 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 ''

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'', 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) () 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 University in Tehran Tehran (; , '' ...

, 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'' for the

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

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