Top 5 BEST Persian Officiants – August 2026
Persian Wedding Officiant
Morteza Mohtashami
Southern California
Morteza Mohtashami is a bilingual Persian wedding officiant serving couples throughout Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and surrounding Southern California communities, with travel available for weddings outside the area. Authorized to officiate marriages in California, he specializes in ceremonies that bring the traditional Persian Aghd together with English explanations, poetry, and personal touches that help Iranian and non-Iranian guests feel equally included. His approach is warm, thoughtful, and family-oriented, and he can coordinate with another officiant when a couple is combining Persian customs with an American, interfaith, or multicultural ceremony.
Persian & Multicultural Officiant
The Marrying Lady
Toronto and Ontario, Canada
Tade Credgeur, known as The Marrying Lady, is a licensed Ontario wedding officiant recognized for personalized, modern, and highly inclusive ceremonies. With roughly two decades of experience working in Toronto’s multicultural wedding community, she creates ceremonies for Persian couples that can incorporate the Sofreh Aghd, symbolic rituals, personal vows, family participation, and clear explanations for guests who may be experiencing an Iranian wedding for the first time. Her broader experience with interfaith, multicultural, secular, spiritual, and same-sex weddings makes her especially well suited to couples who want the Persian elements of their ceremony blended naturally with another culture or tradition.
Persian Officiant & Wedding Planner
Nilou Weddings
Available Worldwide
Nilou Nouri is a certified event planner, ordained minister, and award-winning wedding officiant whose work centers on Persian, Iranian, fusion, and multicultural celebrations. Through Nilou Weddings, she combines ceremony leadership with an experienced eye for design, organization, and the cultural details surrounding the Sofreh Aghd. Her services extend beyond officiating to wedding planning, ceremony development, and Sofreh design, allowing couples to create a cohesive experience rather than treating the Aghd as a separate part of the day. Nilou is available for destination weddings and is a strong fit for couples planning an interfaith or mixed-background celebration that still feels distinctly Persian.
Persian Destination Wedding Planning
Turkey Wedding Organizations
Antalya, Muğla and Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey Wedding Organizations is a destination wedding planning company that offers traditional Persian wedding packages in Antalya, Muğla, and Istanbul. Its team coordinates the complete celebration, including venue selection, ceremony management, Sofreh Aghd design, décor, catering, photography, entertainment, and other wedding-day services. For couples who need the ceremony itself organized in Turkey, the company can also arrange a Shia imam for a religious marriage or coordinate a civil wedding officer and the required marriage-certificate process. The service is best suited to couples who want one local team managing both the Persian ceremonial details and the wider logistics of a destination wedding in Turkey.
Persian Aghd & Marriage Office
Aghde Maroof
Tehran, Iran
Aghde Maroof is a Tehran marriage office and ceremony-hall group offering couples a dedicated setting for the legal registration and celebration of their Aghd. Its services include traditional Persian Sofreh Aghd setups, formal marriage registration, Aghd-e Aryayi ceremonies, poetry and ceremony presentation, along with optional photography, videography, floral design, and live traditional music. The group is associated with ceremony spaces in several areas of northern Tehran, including its published Heravi location, giving local couples an alternative to holding the entire ceremony at home or moving between a registry office and a separate venue. It is a practical choice for couples seeking an all-in-one Tehran Aghd experience.