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and its ideology. Organizations have been active in mobilizing school students to form choirs of the song in large groups, showcasing the largest one in

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Cast

The singer who sang "Salam Farmandeh" is Abuzar Ruhi who performed it for Gilan IRIB TV, the music video of which debuted in March 2022. The music video was recorded in

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, directed by Mehraneh Behnahad, and produced by Mahyar Talebi. The songwriter is Mahdi BaniHashemi

Mass performance at Azadi Stadium

On May 26, 2022, there was a large gathering in

and Sports Complex in Western Tehran and its surrounding areas where some tens of thousands attended together with their children to perform the song in a choir orchestrated by the professional artists live. State media reported the gathering to be 100,000 in size.

Chanting in other locations

Globally, this song is known as 'Salam Ya Mahdi'. The song has been also chanted in other countries according to news outlets and published content on social media. The song has been translated into many languages including Spanish , French, Arabic, Urdu, Azerbaijani,

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, Malay language, Malay, Swahilli and Kashmiri.

References

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