{"id":220465,"date":"2020-06-15T09:16:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T08:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=220465"},"modified":"2023-01-24T10:33:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T09:33:29","slug":"funeral-of-marjan-voice-of-the-iranian-resistance-was-held-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/funeral-of-marjan-voice-of-the-iranian-resistance-was-held-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral of Marjan, Inspiring Voice of Iran&#8217;s oppressed women, Was Held in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_220469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220469\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Funeral-of-Marjan\" class=\"wp-image-220469 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Funeral-of-Marjan.jpg\" alt=\"Funeral of Marjan, inspiring Voice of Iran's oppressed women, Was Held in California\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Funeral-of-Marjan.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Funeral-of-Marjan-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Funeral-of-Marjan-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Funeral-of-Marjan-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Funeral-of-Marjan-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Funeral-of-Marjan-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Funeral-of-Marjan-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Funeral-of-Marjan-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Funeral of Marjan, inspiring Voice of Iran&#8217;s oppressed women, Was Held in California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uneral of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/marjan-became-eternal\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marjan<\/a>, renowned Iranian singer and actress, was held in California, United States. She passed away on Friday<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> June 5, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at a hospital in Los Angeles<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0 Many Iranians, supporters of the Iranian Resistance and political figures<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> attended her funeral and commemorated her and her struggle <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> freedom and democracy in Iran.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The funeral ceremony for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Marjan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Marjan<\/a>, a symbol of rebellion against tyranny and misogyny of theocracy ruling Iran has begun. RIP!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Marjan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Marjan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5VqayoGsEz\">pic.twitter.com\/5VqayoGsEz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRIUS\/status\/1271917846461906944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Marjan&#8217;s grave site was encircled <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">flower <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ornaments <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sent from across the globe and adorned with the Lion and Sun flag of Iran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shahla Safi Zamir, better known by her stage name <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/marjan-became-eternal\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marjan<\/a>, was born in 1948. She started her career as a radio announcer, then found her way to cinema. She then became one of Iran\u2019s well-known singers.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following the 1979 anti-monarchic revolution, Marjan, like other female singers was banned from singing by the mullah<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019 misogynist regime. Marjan and her husband, well-known Iranian movie director Mr. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Freydoon<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jourak<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, were supporters of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK)<\/a>. They were arrested by the Iranian regime in 1982. Marjan was transferred to solitary confinement and the regime did everything to break her resistance. Yet, Marjan resisted and inspired many of her inmates. After being released, she never stopped advocating for a free Iran, therefore, Marjan and her husband were forced to leave Iran and go to the United States.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Once in the U.S., instead of thinking about her personal interests, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/maryam-rajavi\/marjan-became-eternal\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marjan<\/a> and her husband joined the Iranian Resistance. She sang songs for the Iranian people and their Resistance movement and never stopped supporting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a>) and NCRI\u2019s president-elect Mrs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam <\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rajavi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Therefore, Marjan became <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">known as <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the \u201cinspiring Voice of Iran&#8217;s oppressed women\u201d. In other words, she <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">became a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> symbol of Resistance.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam <\/a><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rajavi<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, in her message after Marjan\u2019s death<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> said: \u201cShe <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rose up against<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the status quo and attested to this truth that commitment to freedom is all of what every human being has. And in the era of darkness and repression, a popular artist must deliver on this great commitment. I have lost a very dear sister, but I am confident that her sisters in the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> PMOI\/MEK<\/a>, particularly those who were her cellmates, and the young rebellious women of Iran who will rise up for freedom, will fill her empty place. Marjan\u2019s songs, her choice, and her commitment to freedom and the people of Iran are inspiring to the young people of Iran and particularly to defiant young women. Her voice will resonate in tomorrow\u2019s free Iran.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mrs. Rajavi: The Iranian people and God Almighty salute you, the humble singer of Iran\u2019s freedom, for wanting to free Iran and Iran\u2019s art from repression and oppression, for wanting to see Iran\u2019s women free of inequality and oppression. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Marjan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Marjan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fvXVX0sDFV\">pic.twitter.com\/fvXVX0sDFV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCRIUS\/status\/1271941347558244352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Her struggle for freedom had a great impact on the Iranian people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">her passing away <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was widely covered by the western media.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Washington Post, in an <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/obituaries\/marjan-iranian-actress-and-singer-who-became-symbol-of-rebellion-dies-at-71\/2020\/06\/12\/338d2fa2-ac07-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">article<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> titled \u201cMarjan, Iranian actress, and singer who became a symbol of rebellion, dies at 71,\u201d wrote: \u201cShe rarely presented commercial concerts, preferring to appear at rallies of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a> and other dissident groups in the United States and Albania, home to a large community of Iranian exiles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Marjan, Iranian actress and singer who became symbol of rebellion, dies at 71 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWEbxqamwn\">https:\/\/t.co\/OWEbxqamwn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1271910443146186762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian regime\u2019s reaction<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Infuriated by Marjan\u2019s resistance, and how her death affected the Iranian society, even prompting some artists inside Iran to express their condolences and admiration for her, the Iranian regime reacted in its media and said why some people are mourning the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a> singer\u2019s death? <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Then the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> regime conducted a campaign<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of deception<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to force these artists to take a position against the MEK.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/iran-regimes-fake-news-in-action\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published a fake journal<\/a>, just like the MEK\u2019s journal, known as \u201cMojahed,\u201d and in this fake journal wrote about Marjan\u2019s death along with pictures of 16 athletes and artists, who are living inside Iran, expressing their condolences over Marjan\u2019s death.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y publishing this fake journal, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the regime <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">intended to put pressure on those artists to take a position against the MEK. The regime has created this fake journal, while the MEK has stopped publishing a paper journal for years, and all its news and positions are online.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The funeral of Marjan, renowned Iranian singer and actress, was held in California, United States. 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