Tehran Von Ghasri

Tehran Von Ghasri
Tehran Von Ghasri
	Tehran Ghasri on VOA
Born	Washington, D.C., United States
Medium	Stand-up, film, television
Nationality	American
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

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, television, podcast, and radio personality, entertainer of African-American and Persian descent. Tehran was born and raised in Washington D.C. and surrounding Washington Metropolitan Area, beginning his career television hosting and curating exclusive events. Tehran is multilingual, performing stand up comedy in primarily in English for US audiences but also Persian, conversational Arabic, Hebrew, and French internationally.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life

Tehran Von Ghasri was born in Washington D.C. to an immigrant Iranian father and African-American mother, who met in college. Named after Tehran, the capital of Iran, his parents chose the name "Tehran" as a reminder of his Persian roots with the name sounding African American as well.^[5]

Career

In a television show launched by VOA Persian 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, and economics from George Mason University.^[7] Tehran went viral for his story being told on VOA favorite, Parazit.

Tehran has hosted his own radio and television shows on Rangarang and Tapesh satellite television, which are US-based Persian language television channels. Tehran rose to popularity in the Iranian diaspora after begin featured in the premier episode of Parazit on VOA. After becoming very popular in the Iranian community and diaspora, Tehran has branched out and crossed over into the American and International markets. After being a guest, Tehran became a main host and daily contributor on Take Part Live, the prime daily social commentary talk show on Pivot. Tehran performs stand-up comedy in venues all over the world, and is a favorite at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.^[7] Tehran created and hosts Comedy Bazaar, the longest running Middle Eastern comedy show, as well as the inclusive Tehran Thursday. Both are staple shows at the Laugh Factory.

In 2017, he was a panelist on several season 4 episodes of the AfterBuzz TV aftershow podcast for the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Tehran has been in several film projects including Dane Cook's American Typecast, the Sean Stone directed Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece, and featured in Maz Jobrani's project Jimmy Vestvood. Tehran has also been a main host on Fox SoMe panel show, daily contributor on Take Part Live, and regular on Fox Soul. Tehran's comedy style has been noted as very unique with elements of Dave Chappelle meets Maz Jobrani, whom he often tours with. Tehran has produced and taken part in many shows focused on bringing people together and world peace, most notably Comedy 4 Peace aimed at united in the Middle East with focuses on Israel and Palestinian relations with comedian Erik Angel. Tehran cites his personal journey and cultural connections as inspirations for his comedy seeking to unite people through laughter.

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	Daily Contributor
	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
	Penny For Your Thoughts	Charlie	TV Series
	Fury of the Fist	Count Blackula	Film
	The Real Witches of Hollywood	Ray J	TV Series
2019	American Typecast	Nick	Film
2019	The Persian Bachelorette	Constestant	Short Film
2021	Friendz	Ahmad	TV Movie
2022	The Social Meltdown	Tehran Show Host	Short Film
2023	The Last King	Malek	Film
2023	Angel's Fallen: Warriors of Peace	Barnabus	Film