{"id":227888,"date":"2020-10-14T18:40:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T17:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=227888"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:39:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:39:50","slug":"iran-marzieh-great-diva-of-persian-traditional-song-and-voice-of-freedom-and-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-marzieh-great-diva-of-persian-traditional-song-and-voice-of-freedom-and-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Marzieh, Great Diva of Persian Traditional Song and Voice of Freedom and Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On October 12, 2010, at the height of autumn\u2019s cold, Iran lost its warmest voice. Marzieh, the great diva of Iranian songs, became eternal. Now on the anniversary of the passing of this great national artist and the brave freedom-fighter, we take a glance at her life.<\/p>\n

Ashraf-ol Sadat Mortezaei, with the stage name of Marizeh, started her career at the age of 19. In 1943, three years after Iran\u2019s national radio establishment, Marzieh was among the first artists to perform on radio.<\/p>\n

One of Marzieh’s first works of art was participating in the most valuable music program of Radio Iran called \u201cGolhay-e Rangarang,\u201d or “Colorful Flowers”. Marzieh\u2019s competence in the art of combing poetry and music, and singing over 2,000 songs, turned her into Iran\u2019s legendary singer.<\/p>\n

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But what shines beyond Marzieh’s artistic values is the outstanding human character of this great woman and her brave patriotism that makes her unique as the lady of Iranian art.
\nWhen the mullahs\u2019 regime took power in 1979, Marzieh stopped singing for 15 years. But Marzieh’s 15-year silence was the calm before the storm. Her love for Iran and Iranians caused her to join the movement for freedom and democracy. Her choice to be in the resistance\u2019s ranks turned her into an eternal shining star in Iran\u2019s history of art and culture.<\/p>\n

The position of art and artists in the religious dictatorship of Iran<\/h3>\n

Since the mullahs\u2019 regime hijacked the 1979, Iranian art and culture was among the first to be targeted by this medieval regime. Thus, Iranian artists in all fields of art came under fire by the mullahs’ regime.<\/p>\n

Among all the Iranian arts and artists, music and musicians were the first and foremost victims of the reactionary clerics. Iranian musicians, singers, and Persian instrument players were subjected to the most severe anti-human and anti-cultural repressions of the mullahs. Many of them were forced to leave their homeland, and many were silenced forever or imprisoned and harassed by the regime.<\/p>\n

Contrary to the mullahs\u2019 regime and its hysterical opposition to arts, particularly music, the Iranian Resistance, particularly the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> paid enormous respect to the Iranian arts and artists.<\/p>\n

The Iranian Resistance, despite being under sever oppression, has always considered preserving the Iranian culture and art as part of its struggle for freedom and democracy.
\nThus, many Iranian artists and musicians joined the Iranian Resistance or became members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>. Some of these renowned artists include Emad Ram, Master of Music, composer and singerl; Manouchehr Sakhaei, a popular Iranian singer; Ms. Marjan, renowned film actress, and singer; Bahram Alivandi, a prominent painter; Andranik Asatourian, renowned composer, songwriter, and singer; and Mansour Ghadarkhah, a director; and many other artists.<\/p>\n

Meeting with Maryam Rajavi<\/h3>\n

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After 15 years of silence, and living under pressure in Iran, in August 1994, Marizeh left Iran for Paris, where she met the NCRI\u2019s president-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a> and joined the Iranian Resistance. From that day until her last moments, Marzieh supported the MEK and Mrs. Rajavi with all her power and performed various concerts all over the world.<\/p>\n

From 1993 until her voice became eternal, her life record is a valuable collection that makes Marzieh a unique phenomenon not only in the history of Iranian art, but also in the history of contemporary nations. She was among the rare great artists that combined art with the struggle for freedom. She put all her art in the path of her nation’s glorious resistance against the darkest dictatorship in Iran\u2019s contemporary history. Her presence in Iraq, among the freedom fighters of the National Liberation Army, her concerts in different countries and her political activities and meetings with politicians helped the Iranian people\u2019s struggle to move forward on the path of achieving freedom.<\/p>\n

Marzieh, the diva of Iranian songs, was the pleasant voice of a nation’s 60 years of suffering and emotions. She represented Iranian women\u2019s resilience and resistance in the face of the misogynous mullahs\u2019 regime. Thus, her voice became eternal in Iran and its history.<\/p>\n

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