Iran Mourns Lost Youth in Thousands
The coffin holding Morteza Pashaei's body was carried through a large crowd on Sunday in Tehran. Photo Credit: Saeed Faramarzi/Nasimonline For the first time in nearly three decades since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian people and the government were in unison to mourn a pop singer's death -- a 30-year-old singer and songwriter who died after a year-long battle with stomach cancer last week. According to participants and the Iranian media that covered the events, thousands of people took the streets of Tehran and other major ...
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