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TEHRAN — Iranian authorities were caught off guard over the weekend when thousands of people joined spontaneous gatherings around the country to mourn and remember a pop singer who died late last week. The police were called out to deal with the crowds in several cities, and Tehran’s main cemetery was closed Sunday after mourners — mostly young people — assembled there in such large numbers that the singer’s burial had to be postponed. The 30-year-old singer, Morteza Pashaei, who died on Friday of stomach cancer, was a popular figure among young Iranians, but many of his songs were not allowed to be played on state television because the authorities considered them to be too romantic.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:56:11 +0000

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