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

Iranian Azerbaijani Iranian Azerbaijanis (; az, ایران آذربایجانلیلاری, italics=no ), also known as Iranian Azeris, Iranian Turks, Persian Turks or Persian Azerbaijanis, are Iranians of Azerbaijani ethnicity who may speak the Azerbaijani lan ...

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 wri ...

specializing in

Iranian traditional music Persian traditional music or Iranian traditional music, also known as Persian classical music or Iranian classical music, refers to the classical music of Iran (also known as ''Persia''). It consists of characteristics developed through the cou ...

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 Neda Agha-Soltan ( fa, ندا آقاسلطان – ''Nedā Āghā-Soltān''; 23 January 1983 – 20 June 2009) was an Iranian student of philosophy, who was participating in the 2009 Iranian election protests with her music teacher, an ...

. 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

Club Nokia Club Nokia was a mobile internet digital distribution portal, similar to an App Store, operated by Nokia to provide special offers, paid-for ringtones, picture messages and game content directly to members. Following resistance from its mobile ope ...

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

Nokia Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporatio ...

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 Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft AG (AEG; ) was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in Berlin as the ''Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität'' in 1883 by Emil Rathenau. During the Second World War, 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

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 Taraneh Records ( fa, شرکت ترانه) is a record label based in Reseda, California. The label focuses on Iranian music. Taraneh Enterprises, Inc. (dba: Taraneh Records) is a major manufacturer and distributor of Persian Media (DVD, CD, VHS) ...

*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 Pers ...

*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 Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''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 Kourosh Yaghmaei ( fa, کورش یغمایی also spelled as Kourosh Yaghmaee; born 3 December 1946) is an Iranian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer, who started his career in the early 1970s. Regarded as one of the greatest Persian ...

). *

Mahasti Eftekhar Dadehbala), and others Eftekhar ( fa, افتخار). ( fa, افتخار دده‌بالا; 16 November 1946 – 25 June 2007), known by her stage name Mahasti ( fa, مهستی), was an Iranian singer of Persian classical, folk, and pop ...

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

. 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 Ebrahim Hamedi ( fa, اِبراهیم حامدی, also Romanized as "Ebrāhim Hāmedi"; born 1949), better known by his stage name Ebi (Persian: ), is an Iranian pop singer who first started his career in Tehran, gaining fame as part of a ban ...

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