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Tehran Von Ghasri, or simply Tehran Ghasri (Persian: تهران قصری, Persian pronunciation: [tehrɑːn ɢæsriː]), professionally known as Tehran formerly Tehran SoParvaz, is an American international comedian, actor, host, television and radio personality, entertainer of African-American and Persian descent. Tehran was brought up in Washington D.C. where he started his career. Multilingual performing comedy in Persian and English.[1][2][3][4]

Tehran Von Ghasri
Tehran Ghasri on VOA
Born	Washington, D.C., United States
Medium	Stand-up, film, television
Nationality	American, Iranian
Education	George Mason University Georgetown Law
Years active	2012–present
Genres	Observational comedy, Social commentary, Satire
Subject(s)	Race relations, Iranophobia, Iranian culture, African-American culture Middle East relations Racial harmony, Religious tolerance, Cultural awareness, Antisemitism, Islamophobia,
Website	iamtehran.com

Early life

Tehran Ghasri was born in Washington D.C. to an Iranian father and African-American mother, who met each other in the college. Tehran's family is multicultural and multi-religious as well. He was named after Tehran, the capital of Iran. His parents chose the name "Tehran" as a reminder of his Persian roots.[5]

Tehran Von Ghasri's religious background include Muslim, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Jewish. Tehran had a bar mitzvah and has participated in numerous religious and culturally affiliated ceremonies. Tehran is well versed and educated on all of his distinct cultural heritages, religious, and diverse ethnic backgrounds. Tehran speaks several languages including Persian, which he also reads and writes, fluently.

Career

In a television show launched by VOA Persian which called "Minutes With Max Amini", he revealed his long-time friendship with Max Amini and said that Amini was his first motivator to be a comedian.[6] followed by a performance by Maz Jobrani at George Washington University which Maz encouraged him to move to Los Angeles and pursue comedy full time. Tehran has a J.D. degree and holds degrees in international politics, economics from George Mason University.[7]

Tehran has hosted his own radio and television shows on Rangarang and Tapesh satellite television, both of them are US-based Persian language television channels. Since becoming very popular in the Iranian community, Tehran has branched out and crossed over into the American and International markets. He performs stand-up comedy in clubs all over the United States, mostly The World Famous Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, and the world.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Maul Dogs	Tehran Snipes	Supporting role
2016	Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero	D.J. at Wedding	Supporting role
2018	Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece	Count Blackula
2019	American Typecast	Nick

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network	Kool-Aid Man	Episode: "GGN How to Be Kool - Snoop & the Kool-Aid Man"
2015	Get Your Life	Sketchy Waterer Guy	Episode: "Girl Get Your NYPTSD"
2018	Pennies for Your Thoughts	Charlie
2018-2019	The Real Witches of West Hollywood	Ray J

Other Work

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Shahs of Sunset	Himself	Episode: "Please Bring a Man" Documentary
2013	@SummerBreak	Himself	2 episodes
2014	A Splash of Nowruz	Himself	Documentary short
	TakePart Live	Himself - Daily Contributor	86 episodes
	Revolt Live	Himself	Episode dated 28 October 2014
	Speed Date Inn	Cool	Short film
2015	NOWRUZ: Lost and Found		Documentary
2016	SoMe	Himself	8 episodes
2017	Nowrooz 1396 Ceremony	Himself	TV special
2018	Travel Ban	Himself	Documentary

See also

• List of Iranian Americans
• Max Amini
• Maz Jobrani
• Omid Djalili
• Shappi Khorsandi

References

External links

• Tehran Von Ghasri on Twitter
• Tehran Von Ghasri at IMDb

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