Daste Akhar

Ashkan Khatibi is an Iranian artist who does acting, singing, directing, and producing. Ashkan also teaches and mentors young actors, as well as translating books. The instruments he specialises in are piano, guitar, and harmonica.
In 2000, he was part of a band called “Apollon”, but he left the band and formed his own band the ‘Traffic’, which was a rock band. The Traffic band does no longer exist; however, Ashkan continued to produce solo tracks. 
Ashkan is the founder of  “Charpayeh” theatre production, which consists of young actors, all mentored by Ashkan. 
Ashkan is mostly well known for his acting in some of the biggest theatre productions in Iran,  successful TV shows such as Khatoon, and for his exceptional acting in Bench Cinema.