Marzieh in the picture frame

Marzieh started her career in the 1940s at Radio Tehran and cooperated with some of the greatest 20th century Persian songwriters and lyricists like Ali Tajvidi, Parviz Yahaghi, Homayoun Khorram, Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi and Bijan Taraghi. Marzieh also sang with the Farabi Orchestre, conducted by Morteza Hannaneh, a pioneer of Persian polyphonic music, during the 1960s and 1970s. Marzieh died of cancer in Paris on 13 October 2010, aged 86.Maryam Rajavi, co-leader of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, delivered her eulogy.