ARASH was born on April 4, 1972, in Tehran/Iran. After spending a couple of years with his family in Paris/France, he returned to Iran when he was 7 years old, just a few months before the start of the Iranian revolution. ARASH went to the ground[clarification needed] and middle school in Iran before relocating to Germany at the age of 14. Despite his very strong interest in music, playing and listening to music was not allowed in the Islamic Republic, so ARASH only began playing music for the f