Mona Borzouee () is an Iranian poet and songwriter. Borzouee is known for writing Persian song lyrics for several well-known Iranian musicians. She was arrested in October 2022 during the
Iranian protests following the
death of Mahsa Amini
On 16 September 2022, 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini, died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances. The Guidance Patrol, the Islamic religious police, religious morality police of ...
.
Background
Borzouee first gained recognition for writing the lyrics to Shadmehr Aghili's song, ''Ashk-e man'' (, lit. "my tear") in 2003.
She has written song lyrics for many of Iran's most celebrated Persian-speaking musicians, including
Aref,
Googoosh
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,
Ebi,
Mehdi Yarrahi, Shadmehr Aghili,
Majid Akhshabi
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,
Ali Lohrasbi, and
Ehsan Khajeh Amiri.
In 2013, she published a collection of her lyrics, titled ''Taghdir'' (, lit. "destiny").
Allameh Tabataba'i University
Allameh Tabataba'i University (ATU; ælɒːˈme tæbɒːtæbɒːˈʔiː, ''Dânešgâh-e allâme Tabâtabâyi'') is the largest and the leading specialized public university in humanities and social sciences in Iran.
With 15,624 students and 4 ...
cancelled Borzouee's workshop on songwriting after
Iran's state TV ran a disparaging news segment about her.
Arrest
Security forces arrested Borzouee on 28 September 2022, during
Mahsa Amini protests
Civil unrest and protests against the Government of Iran, government of the Islamic Republic of Iran associated with the Death in custody, death in police custody of Death of Mahsa Amini#Victim, Mahsa Amini () began on 16 September 2022 and ca ...
, for statements she had made on her twitter account.
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See also
*Mahsa Amini protests
Civil unrest and protests against the Government of Iran, government of the Islamic Republic of Iran associated with the Death in custody, death in police custody of Death of Mahsa Amini#Victim, Mahsa Amini () began on 16 September 2022 and ca ...
*Detainees of the September 2022 Iranian protests
This list reports the notable citizens, civil and political activists, students, journalists, lawyers and athletes who have been arrested in Iran during the ongoing protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022. There is no clea ...
*Human rights in Iran
From the Imperial Pahlavi dynasty (1925 to 1979), through the Iranian Revolution, Islamic Revolution (1979), to the era of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979 to current), government treatment of Iranian citizens' rights has been criticized by ...
Sources
Living people
1984 births
Iranian women poets
21st-century Iranian poets
Iranian songwriters
Poets from Tehran
Political prisoners in Iran
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