When protests broke out in Iran in 2009 over the fraudulent presidential election, one of the country’s leading artists stood up against the regime and its violent repression of demonstrators.

Known as Iran’s king of song who once called himself the “son of Iran”, he died on Thursday at 80 at Tehran’s Jam Hospital years after suffering from kidney cancer. His death came as a great shock to ...

Shajarian has been in Tehran's Jam Hospital for the past recent days due to some serious health problems. The rumor of his death circulated on Friday but was later denied by his son Homayoun Shajarian ...

The great maestro, who had been in fragile health conditions in the past year, died at the age of 80 at Tehran's Jam Hospital on Thursday. Shajarian was the undisputed master of Persian traditional ...

Traditionally aired on Iranian state television and radio during the month of Ramadan, an Islamic prayer called "Rabbana," sung by 69-year-old Mohammad Reza Shajarian, has yet to be broadcast this ...