.jpg "Morteza Pashaii performs a concert at the Milad Hall of the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on June 19, 2014. (Tarokh Studio/Mansur Ebrahimi)")
TEHRAN – Iranian pop singer Morteza Pashaii died of gastric cancer at Tehran’s Bahman Hospital on Friday morning. He was 30.
He had occasionally been receiving treatment since December 2013, when he was diagnosed with gastric cancer. However, his illness became critical on November 7 and he was admitted to Bahman Hospital.
Several Iranian celebrities including singers Mohsen Chavoshi, Sirvan Khosravi, and Maziar Fallahi, actors Hadi Kazemi and Mahnaz Afshar as well as former footballers Ali Daee and Behruz Rahbarifar visited Pashaii at the hospital before his death.
Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Ali Moradkhani offered his condolences over the death of Pashaii to his family on Friday.
His funeral procession will start in front of Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Sunday morning and he will be buried in the Artists Section of Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery.
Pashaii was scheduled to perform some pieces from his recent albums during a concert in Toronto on November 29.
His song “You Are a Worry for Me” was selected for the credits of “Mah-e Asal” (“Honey Moon”), a popular TV show which was aired by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting during the past holy month of Ramadan. The song quickly became a hit.
He made his debut album in 2010 with “There Is Someone”. He also recorded three other albums “One-Way Road”, “Breathe” and “Worship”.
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