Mohammad-Reza Shajarian performs at the Durham Performing Arts Center Saturday, April 28, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5–$55. See Duke Performances. Amir Rezvani pauses a moment before he can talk about it.

Mohammad Reza Shajarian may be the most famous singer in all of Iran. He's also Iran's most famous protest singer — even though, strictly speaking, his music doesn't directly protest the government at ...

Mohammad Reza Shajarian, an Iranian master singer of traditional Persian music, known for supporting a 2009 protest movement, died at 80. A revered singer of Iran has died. Mohammad Reza Shajarian was ...

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 ...

The voice curls, swoops, and soars. It arches skyward, then plunges thrillingly. It curves through radiant arabesques, before hitting a single note so true that one’s whole being shivers in ...

Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before he was blacklisted for supporting protesters after Iran’s contested 2009 election ...

Titled “Bang-e Dohol” and “Sar Dar Gariban,” the albums are the remaining projects from Shajarian’s final concerts, released as part of the “Eternal Memento” project, Mehr reported. The albums consist ...

Photos of Mohammad Reza Shajarian are seen on fans' smart phones as they mourn his death in front of Jam Hospital, in Tehran Photos of Mohammad Reza Shajarian are seen on fans' smart phones as they ...

Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Iran’s greatest living musician and artist, died in Tehran on Thursday at the age of 80, sparking sadness and anger among his fellow Iranians, including millions scattered ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oct 10 (Reuters) - Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Iran's most celebrated musician and a critic of the government, was buried on Saturday near the 10th century national poet Ferdowsi, Iranian media reported.