Aref Arefkia, known as Aref (Persian: عارف‎‎), born August 15, 1941 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian-born pop singer.Aref’s first introduction to music came in part from his Azari mother listening to Radio Baku as a child. Radio Baku played Azari and Western music as well as European operas in that time. In the 1960s, Aref introduced a new wave of romantic styles to the large spectrum of romantic Persian music. After the Islamic revolution Aref left Iran and went to London and Los Angeles.