Sadé or Sada (Persian: سده‎) Jashn-e Sada/Sadé (in Persian: جشن سده‎), also transliterated as Sadeh, is an ancient Iranian tradition celebrated 50 days before Nowruz. Sadeh in Persian means "hundred" and refers to one hundred days and nights past the end of summer (or the beginning of long-winter known to start at the end of summer in ancient Iran). Sadeh is a mid winter festival that was celebrated with grandeur and magnificence in ancient Iran. It was a festivity to honor fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost, and cold.

Legends have it that King Hushang, the 2nd king of the mythological Peshdadian dynasty (Peshdad means to give the Law), established the Sadeh tradition. It is said that once Hushang was climbing a mountain when all of a sudden he saw a snake and wanted to hit it with a stone. When he threw the stone, it fell on another stone and since they were both flint stones, fire broke out and the snake escaped. This way he discovered how to light a fire. Hushang cheered up and praised God who revealed to him the secret of lighting a fire. Then he announced: "This is a light from God. So we must admire it."

Reza Sadeghi (Persian: رضا صادقی‎, born 1979 in Bandar Abbas, Iran) is an Iranian pop singer and songwriter.

Sadeghi belongs to the new generation of pop singers who emerged in post revolutionary Iran. He gained popularity among young Iranians.^{[unreliable source?]} His most famous song is "Black is the color of love" (in Persian "Meshki rang e eshgheh"). His first song was created in 1992. His latest album was released in June 2011 "Dige Meshki Nemipoosham".

In an interview with Tehran TV program "Shabe Shishei", Reza Sadeghi explained that as an infant, due to an extreme fever, his penicillin shot was botched. At first he was completely paralyzed but he eventually gained the use of almost all his muscles except for those in his leg. For this reason Reza Sadeghi must use a cane when not sitting.

Ohad Naharin (born 1952) (Hebrew: אוהד נהרין) is an Israeli contemporary dancer, choreographer and dance company artistic director.

Naharin was born in 1952 in Kibbutz Mizra. Raised in an artistic home, he wrote stories, composed music, and painted as a child. His father was a doctor in psychology, previously an actor, and his mother was a dance teacher. Nevertheless, Naharin did not start dancing until age 22, at which time he danced with the Batsheva Dance Company. The Batsheva Dance Company was founded in 1964 by Martha Graham and Baroness Batsheva De Rothschild.

Soon after, in 1975, Naharin left Israel to go to Manhattan and study with Martha Graham. In New York he received much of his training, attending Juilliard for a year as well as attending the Graham School and the School of American Ballet. In 1978, he married Mari Kajiwara, a native New Yorker and an Alvin Ailey dancer. After working alongside him for over 20 years, his wife died of cancer in 2001 at age 50. Also in New York, he choreographed and presented his first dances from 1980 to 1990.

Leila Forouhar (Persian: لیلا فروهر‎, born 23 February 1954 in Isfahan, Iran) is a singer and actress from Iran. She relocated to Los Angeles after the Iranian Revolution.

Leila is the daughter of the late Iranian actor Jahangir Forouhar, who had already established a solid background in the Iranian entertainment industry by the early 1970s. She speaks of the great influence her father had upon her interviews. She followed her father's career path into movies, beginning with minor roles in various movies that were based mainly on the social issues of the Shah Shah Pahlavi^{[citation needed]}. In time she became known as a child star, and with the release of Soltaneh Ghalbhaa (King of Hearts), her fame had already spread to all three Persian countries Iran, Tajikistan and Dari speaking country Afghanistan. As a teenager, she had begun modeling for top fashion magazines alongside acting, with roles in Ezteraab, Three Sisters and The Thirsty Ones.Leila has more than 47 films.

With the outbreak of war with neighboring Iraq, the Iranian movie and music industry was foundering. Initially Forouhar family decided to stay in Tehran in hopes that the conclusion of the war would signify a return to the pre-revolutionary era^{[citation needed]}. With the war drew stretched on, however, Leila decided to leave the country.