Renowned
Singer surprised fans in 2009 by backing protest movement after contested vote
Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian
music on state radio for years and supported
protesters after Iran’s contested 2009
election, has died aged 80 from
cancer, state TV has reported.
Shajarian enlivened Iran’s traditional music with his singing style, which soared, swooped and trilled over long-known poetry set to song.