Mohammad Reza Shajarian embodied the timeless beauty of Persian music
theguardian.com I vividly remember the first time I met Mohammad Reza Shajarian on a summer afternoon in Berlin in 2011.…
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Iranians Mourn The Death Of Maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian
Mohammad Reza Shajarian, a master of traditional Iranian music hailed as one of NPR's 50 Great Voices of all Time, died…
New Deputy Head Of Iran’s Radio And TV Appointed
Radiofarda - The head of the Islamic Republic Radio and Television, Ali Askari, has appointed his brother-in-law, Hamid Shahabadi, as…
Iran protesters chant ‘death to dictator’ after death of renowned musician Shajarian
Al-Arabia - A gathering of fans of the late Iranian composer and singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian in the capital Tehran…
Iranians Grieve Death Of Legendary Singer Who Turned Into Symbol For Opposition After 2009 Unrest
RFL/RE - Iranian composer and singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose prolific recordings of traditional Persian music made him a national…
A calligrapher writes with light to keep tradition alive
PBS.com - Karim Jabbari still remembers how painful it was to walk down the street with his family as a…
Olivia Colman-Narrated Documentary About Iranian Activist Nasrin Sotoudeh Acquired By Virgil Films
deadline.com - Virgil Films & Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Nasrin, a documentary about activist Nasrin Sotoudeh narrated by Oscar winner Olivia Colman. Sotoudeh is a…
Iranian Lecturers Protest Shi’ite Scholars Teaching Persian Language
Radiofarda - The professors of the Iranian Association of Persian Language and Literature have lambasted Iran's Ministry of Education (MoE)…
A Cat On Stage Leads To Banning A Play In Tehran
Radiofarda - The presence of a cat in a play staged in Tehran by the prominent Iranian director Mohammad Rahmanian…
All-women band in Iran struggles to break through
thejakartapost.com - The men in the audience clapped and the women ululated as the band finished singing: it would have…