Aryan or Arian () is the first Persian pop band consisting of both male and female singers and players in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Pahlavan and Salehi are the band's lead vocalists, and the songwriters are Pahlavan, Salehi, Amirkhas, Khahani and Farnejad. Their second, third and fourth albums were the bestselling albums of their release years. They are the first Iranian band to feature in the "International Who's Who in Music". They have released four albums, and played concerts around the globe. They donate part of their profits to the "United Nations World Food Programme".

The reason the band stopped making music was mentioned in an interview with one of the lead vocalists, Ali Pahlavan. First, Ninef Amirkhas, the arranger of all songs and an important member directing the band, left the country. With Ninef Amirkhas leaving, all of the responsibilities were now left on Pahlavan's shoulder. "But then came the disputes with our producer and problems with the officials. As the problems grew larger, members gradually lost their enthusiasm due to the lack of suitable conditions to work, and finally called it a day”, Pahlavan said in an interview back in 2015.

Albums

Their debut album, Gole Aftabgardoon (The Sunflower) was released in 2000.

Their second album, however, had more complex lyrics. It was named Va Amma, Eshgh (And Now, Love) and released in 2001. It took three years to release the third album, Till Eternity..., released in 2004.

In a recent interview with BBC they said, "Now we have a responsibility, we should be better and introduce ourselves all over the world. "If you go to Iranian movies all you see is misery - nothing else. People think Iran is like this - everything is a desert, all the people are crying.... We wanted to show the real Iran".

In 2008, they released their fourth album, Bi to Ba to, and they worked together with Chris de Burgh and produced an English-Persian version of de Burgh's song "The Words I Love You" (A light for eternity). In 2009, Arian released a single called "Here Comes Nowruz, Here Comes Spring" for the Iranian new year.

Current members

  • Ali Pahlavan (Vocals & Guitar)
  • Payam Salehi (Vocals & Guitar)
  • Ninef Amirkhas (Keyboard) (studying in the United States)

Guest players

  • Farzad Fakhreddini (Electric Guitar)
  • Dara Daraei (Bass Guitar)
  • Shahab Hosseini (Keyboard)
  • Alireza Miraqa (Percussion)
  • Amid Bonakdar (Bass Guitar)

;Former guest players

  • Tirdad Keshavarzi (Electric Guitar) - Tehran Milad Hall (Tehran International Fair)
  • Saman Emami (Electric Guitar)- Tehran S'ad Abad Palace.
  • Milad Zendeh Naam (Electric Guitar) - Dubai
  • Babak Akhoundi (Electric Guitar)- Uk, Germany Tour

;Guest players in albums

  • Abbas Sadeqi (Electric Guitar)
  • Babak Akhoundi (Electric Guitar)
  • Fleming Khoshqadami (Harmonica)
  • Farzad Fakhreddini (Electric Guitar)
  • Jaber Eta'ati (Accordion)

Discography

Albums

  • Gole Aftabgardoon (گل آفتابگردون) (2000)
  • Va Amma Eshgh (2001) (و اما عشق)
  • Ta Binahayat (2004) (تا بی نهایت)
  • Bi To Ba To (2008) (بی تو با تو)
  • Khoda Hafez (2015) (خداحافظ)

{| class="wikitable"

|+

! colspan="4" |Gole Aftabgardoon, Taraneh Sharghi Records

! rowspan="3" |Notes

|-

! colspan="4" |Ali Pahlavan / Payam Salehi

|-

!Name

!Songwriter

!Composer

!Arrangement

|-

|"<bdi>Setareh</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ninef Amirkhas

| rowspan="10" |Ninef Amirkhas

| rowspan="10" |

|-

|"<bdi>Gole Aftabgardoon</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Age Dastamo Begiri</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Gharibeh</bdi>"

|Payam Salehi

|Payam Salehi

|-

|"<bdi>Madar</bdi>"

|Payam Salehi

|Payam Salehi

|-

|"<bdi>Mola Ali Jan</bdi>"

|Darab Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan & Payam Salehi

|-

|"<bdi>Yase Kabood</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Mosafer</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Baroon</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Farda Male Mast</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|+

! colspan="4" |Va Amma Eshgh, Taraneh Sharghi Records

! rowspan="3" |Notes

|-

! colspan="4" |Ali Pahlavan / Payam Salehi

|-

!Name

!Songwriter

!Composer

!Arrangement

|-

|"<bdi>Parvaz</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan & Ninef Amirkhas

|Siamak Khahani

| rowspan="12" |Ninef Amirkhas

| rowspan="12" |

|-

|"<bdi>Panjereh</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Gol e Man</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Na Mehraboon</bdi>"

|Sharareh Farnejad

|Sharareh Farnejad

|-

|"<bdi>Gol e</bdi> <bdi>Hamisheh Bahar</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Ninef Amirkhas

|-

|"<bdi>Bahooneh</bdi>"

|Sharareh Farnejad, Ali Pahlavan, Ninef Amirkhas

|Payam Salehi

|-

|"<bdi>Iran</bdi>"

|Fahimeh Radmand

|Payam Salehi, Ali Pahlavan, Ninef Amirkhas

|-

|"<bdi>Taraneye Eshgh</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Siamak Khahani

|-

|"<bdi>Hamdame Ghoroob</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Ninef Amirkhas

|-

|"<bdi>Roya Ye Sepid</bdi>"

|Sharareh Farnejad

|Sharareh Farnejad

|-

|"<bdi>Hamraz</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Ninef Amirkhas

|-

|"<bdi>Bemmon Ta Bemoonam</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|+

! colspan="5" |Ta Binahayat, Taraneh Sharghi Records

|-

! colspan="5" |Ali Pahlavan / Payam Salehi

|-

!Name

!Songwriter

!Composer

!Arrangement

!Notes

|-

|"<bdi>Afsoongar</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas, Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan, Ninef Amirkhas, Siamak Khahani

| rowspan="12" |Ninef Amirkhas

| rowspan="12" |Electric guitar : <bdi>Babak Akhoundi</bdi>

Harmonica : Feleming Khoshghadami

Music engineer : Nima Varasteh & <bdi>Mohamad Nosrati</bdi>

|-

|"<bdi>Bezar Beram</bdi>"

|Sharareh Farnejad

|Sharareh Farnejad

|-

|"<bdi>Kaashki</bdi>"

|Sharareh Farnejad

|Sharareh Farnejad

|-

|"<bdi>Sokoot</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Ninef Amirkhas

|-

|"<bdi>Telesm</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Qasr-E-Sheni</bdi>"

|Payam Salehi

|Payam Salehi

|-

|"<bdi>Shaparak</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas, Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Gomshodeye Man</bdi>"

|Mahsan Abedi

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Kabootarhaye Sepid</bdi>"

|Simón Amirkhas, Ninef Amirkhas, Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan, Ninef Amirkhas

|-

|"<bdi>Khorshid E Eshgh</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas, Ali Pahlavan, Sharareh Farnejad

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Mageh Misheh</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Ninef Amirkhas

|-

|"<bdi>Aroom Arooom</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas, Ali Pahlavan

|Siamak Khahani

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|+

! colspan="5" |Bi To Ba To, Taraneh Sharghi Records

|-

! colspan="5" |Ali Pahlavan / Payam Salehi

|-

!Name

!Songwriter

!Composer

!Arrangement

!Notes

|-

|"<bdi>Qasedak</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

| rowspan="14" |Ninef Amirkhas

| rowspan="14" |Music engineer : Ninef Amirkhas

Mix & Mastring : Sirvan Khosravi

|-

|"<bdi>Tab</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Siamak Khahani

|-

|"<bdi>The Words I Love You</bdi>" feat. Chris de Burgh

|Chris de Burgh & Ninef Amirkhas

|Chris de Burgh

|-

|"<bdi>Lahzeh Ha</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Ki Bejoz Man</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Ninef Amirkhas

|-

|"<bdi>Hanooz Baram Hamooni</bdi>"

|Sharareh Farnejad

|Sharareh Farnejad

|-

|"<bdi>Bi To Ba To</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Man Age Jaye To Boodam</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas, Sharareh Farnejad

|Ninef Amirkhas, Sharareh Farnejad

|-

|"<bdi>Nagoo</bdi>"

|Payam Salehi

|Payam Salehi

|-

|"<bdi>Sahel</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Khabeh Naz</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Ninef Amirkhas

|-

|"<bdi>Ey Javidan Iran</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Ali Pahlavan

|-

|"<bdi>Oon Rooza</bdi>"

|Ninef Amirkhas

|Ali Pahlavan, Ninef Amirkhas

|-

|"<bdi>Nagoo (Remix)</bdi>"

|Payam Salehi

|Payam Salehi

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|+

! colspan="5" |<bdi>Goodbye</bdi>, Taraneh Sharghi Records, Honar Aval

|-

! colspan="5" |Ali Pahlavan / Payam Salehi

|-

!Name

!Songwriter

!Composer

!Arrangement

!Notes

|-

|"<bdi>Bargard</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|Farshad Farsian

| rowspan="11" |Electric guitar : <bdi>Farzad Fakhreddini</bdi>

Harmonica : Babak Safarnejad

Mix and Mastring : Amir Tafreshi

|-

|"<bdi>Bishtar</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|Shahab Hosseini

|-

|"<bdi>Deltangi-Haa</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|Saeed Modarres

|-

|"<bdi>Faseleh</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|Shahab Hosseini

|-

|"<bdi>Delam Barat Tang Shodeh</bdi>"

|Sharareh Farnejad

|Sharareh Farnejad

|Saeed Modarres

|-

|"<bdi>To Moondi o Man</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|Shahab Hosseini

|-

|"<bdi>Nemidoonam</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|Farshad Farsian

|-

|"<bdi>To Ke Ba Man Bashi</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Siamak Khahani

|Saeed Modarres

|-

|"<bdi>Ba'de To</bdi>"

|Sharareh Farnejad

|Sharareh Farnejad

|Shahab Hosseini

|-

|"<bdi>Too Cheshaye Man Negah Kon</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|Shahab Hosseini

|-

|"<bdi>Taa Abad</bdi>"

|Ali Pahlavan

|Ali Pahlavan

|Farshad Farsian

|}

Singles

  • "Here Comes Nowruz, Here Comes Spring" (2009) (عيد اومد بهار اومد)
  • "The Footsteps of Hope" (2010) (صدای پای اميد)
  • "Seven" (2010) (هفت)
  • "Since You Have Gone" (2010) (از روزی که رفتی)
  • "Miss You Lots" (2010) (تو رو کم دارم)
  • "Flight - Club Mix" (2010) (پرواز - کلاب میکس)

Videography

  • Arian Band - Parvaz
  • The Words I Love You - (HD Quality DVD)

References

  • Arian on Spotify
  • Helianth Productions (official label website)