The recent passing of Iranian pop singer Morteza Pashaei and young actor, Majid Bahrami has focused attention on the growing number of deaths caused by cancer in the country. Pashaei was afflicted with stomach cancer and Bahrami had blood cancer. Half a million people in Iran suffer from cancer; 90,000 new cancer cases are […]
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Tehran Hosts Funeral For Popular Iranian Singer
The funeral of Iranian pop star Morteza Pashaei brought thousands of mourners into the streets of Tehran on November 16. Photographs and videos of Pashaei’s funeral showed large crowds of fans crying and holding his portrait while the coffin, draped with the Iranian flag, was carried from the capital’s Vahdat Hall venue toward a […]
Iranian pop star Morteza Pashaei dies of cancer
Pashaei, with millions of Persian-speaking fans across the world, passed away in Bahman Hospital on Friday. The 30-year-old had been suffering from stomach cancer for several months. On Tuesday, he was taken out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital after his chemotherapy for the aggressive cancer failed him. The graphic design […]