Mansour Jafari Mamaghani ( fa, منصور جعفری مَمَقانی, born 28 July 1971), better known as Mansour, is an

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musical artist A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wr ...

specializing in Iranian traditional music based in

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Iran's Green Movement and Nokia Club controversy 2009

After the

Iranian presidential election The President of Iran is the highest official elected by direct, popular vote, although the President carries out the decrees, and answers to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state.(see Article 110 of the constituti ...

in June 2009 and protests against its results, Mansour recorded a song titled "Nedaye Eshgh". The word "Neda" in the title of this song was used as a symbolic meaning of "calling" for freedom and hope, and also it was the first name of one of the assassinated people in these protests: Neda Agha-Soltan. Mansour also participated in some of the protests that were held in Los Angeles, California. Despite his involvement in these causes, when Mansour began promotions for his concert at

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in Los Angeles on 26 September 2009, many people criticized his decision to perform at a place with the name of the

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Company, which had sold monitoring technology devices to Iran's government after protests against election outcomes. Mansour reacted against this criticism, saying, "Nokia Club is owned by AEG Company and had nothing to do with Nokia" and "the people who started these rumors should respect these holy activities rotestsin Iran and stop playing games with people's emotions." Despite this comments, Club Nokia is actually owned by both AEG and

, but the planning for the concert was done months before the Iran's Green Movements and Nokia's part against the protesters. Nokia was not the sponsor of Mansour's concert; the program was presented by Century Records and Goldenvoice Company.

Discography

Studio albums

With Taraneh Records *1996: ''Tasvir Akhar'' *1997: ''Daricheh '' *2001: ''Zendegi (Life)'' *2002: ''Divooneh (Crazy)'' *2005: ''Farari (Fugitive)'' *2007: ''Ghashangeh (Beautiful)'' With

Caltex Records Caltex Records ( fa, کلتکس رکوردز) is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1980 by Iranian American immigrant Mehrdad Pakravan. The label focuses on Iranian music. In 1994, the label represented 75% of Per ...

*1994: ''Ferferehayeh Bibaad'' *1998: ''Ghayegh Kaghazi'' *2000: ''Faghat Bekhatareh To (Only For You)'' With Century Records USA *2009: ''Janjaali'' With

Avang Music Avang Music ( fa, آونگ lit. ''Pendulum'') is a record label and TV channel based in Los Angeles, California. Avang Records Inc, Avang TV and Mystery4 productions are affiliate companies under Avang Music. It is best known for its extensive ...

*2013: No Limit With SOHO Entertainment *2017: Radical *2019: Ensane Nou Singles *2009: Nedaye Eshgh *2010: Mikhaam Bahat Beraghsam *2010: Zendegi Chist *2011: Bari Bakh *2011: Beshkan *2012: Eshgh Nemikhabeh *2012: Man Bahat Jooram *2013: Naz Maka *2013: Delam Khoshe *2017: Khoshbakhti *2017: Delshooreha *2017: Ay Eshgham

Live albums

With MZM Records *1996: ''Mansour Live in Concert'' *2010: ''Mansour Live in Concert Club Nokia (Audio CD)''

DVDs/music videos

*2001: ''Life ... On The Road DVD'' (music videos Of "Zendegi" album) *2005: ''Farari DVD'' (music videos Of "Divooneh" and some music videos from "Farari", include In "Farari" Album Package) *2007: ''Only For You DVD'' (music videos of "Faghat Be Khatereh To" album) *2010: ''Mansour Live in Concert Club Nokia DVD (includes videos of songs performed at club nokia concert)''

Guest appearances

* Black Cats (Featuring Mansour) – ''Gole Yakh'' (remake of Persian famous song with the same name, the original singer Is Kourosh Yaghmaei). * Mahasti and

Hayedeh Ma'soumeh Dadehbala ( fa, معصومه دده‌بالا; 10 April 1942 – 20 January 1990), known professionally as Hayedeh ( fa, هایده), was an Iranian singer with a contralto vocal range. Known for her wide range of voice, her career span ...

(Featuring Mansour) – ''Vedaa (Shab-e Eshgh)'' (remake of song by

and her sister Mahasti. She sings this song in the memory of her late sister, after her death. In this song Mansour just sang in the choruses, Mansour's part in original song was performed by Persian pop legend Ebi).

Filmography

*2001: ''America So Beautiful''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mansour 1971 births Living people Iranian composers People from Tehran Iranian pop singers Singers from Tehran Iranian Azerbaijanis Iranian male singers Iranian pop musicians Caltex Records artists Taraneh Records artists Persian-language singers Kurdish-language singers Azerbaijani-language singers 20th-century Iranian male singers Iranian emigrants to the United States