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    NCR-Iran.org
    Feb 22 2015

    Prominent Iranian musician Andranic Asatourian passed away


    Andranic Asatourian, the great Iranian composer and musician and a
    valuable asset to the contemporary Iranian art and music, and a member
    of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) passed away early
    hours of Sunday in a hospital in Los Angeles, California after a
    difficult battle with cancer. He was 73.

    Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance
    offered her deepest condolences to Asatourain family, particularly his
    wife Ayda, the Iranian people, members of NCRI, and the PMOI members
    at Camp Liberty.

    Assatourian, who was Iranian Armenian, joined the National council of
    Resistance of Iran in 1990s. He had a deep and profound affection for
    members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK),
    residents of camp Ashraf and Liberty, and defended them vigorously
    over the years.

    He was the embodiment of contemporary Iranian music of the past half a century.

    Mrs. Rajavi described Andranic Asatourian as a great asset of Persian
    art and music that the Iranian Armenians have presented to the Iranian
    nation.

    "Asatourian will also be remembered as another great Iranian Christian
    of the contemporary Iranian history," she said.

    Assatourian, who had composed and conducted some of the most memorable
    hits of Iranian contemporary music, left Iran in protest to the
    mullahs' tyranny and did not allow his art to be misused by the
    clerical dictatorship.

    Ando, as he was called by his friends and fans rejected the artists
    who allowed to be manipulated and exploited by the clerical regime.

    According to Asatourian, the first mandate for an artist is to be
    patriotic and having affection for his people and this begins with
    rejection of the clerical regime.

    In years in exile he continued his struggle for freedom and democracy in Iran.


    http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-resistance/17987-prominent-iranian-musician-andranic-asatourian-passed-away



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