Marjan (singer)

Shahla Safi Zamir (, 1948 – 6 June 2020), better known by her stage name Marjan (), was an Iranian singer and actress.Hamid Naficy  A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 3: The Islamicate Period. 0822348772 - 2012  "The film producer Feraidun Zhurak and the actress and singer Marjan, according to the producer Ali Mortazavi, were imprisoned for two years on charges of associating with PMOI (Naficy 1984a)." 

Her career lasted from 1969 to 2012. She was born in Shiraz, Iran.Profile  "زندگينامه مرجان
مرجان از خواننده‌های ایرانی دوره پیش از انقلاب ۱۳۵۷ است. مرجان پس از ۲۶ سال بعد از انقلاب برای نخستین بار با اجرای برنامه هنری در اجتماع بزرگ کنگره ایرانیان در واشنگتن حضور پیدا کرد. مرجان خواننده سرشناس، آهنگى بنام «رهائى» درباره خيزش هاى مردمى در ايران، خوانده كه ملودى آن را خود ساخته، پرويز رحمان پناه آن را تنظيم كرده و فريدون ژورك ترانه اش را سروده است." Her best known roles were in Morgh-e tokhm-tala, Salam Bar Eshgh and Takye bar baad.

Marjan died on 6 June 2020, aged 72.مرجان؛ صدای معترضی که خاموش شد  

She died due to a cardiac arrest. She spent the last years of her life in Los Angeles.

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