Fereydun Farrochsad

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Fereydun Farrochsad

Fereydun Farrochsad ( Persian فریدون فرخزاد Fereydoun Farrochzād , DMG Fereydūn-e Farroḫzād ; *  1938 in Tafresch , Iran ; † August 6, 1992 in Bonn ) was a political scientist and Iranian poet , singer and actor .

Life

Farrochsad completed his academic training in law with a doctorate in the Federal Republic of Germany. He is the younger brother of the famous Persian poet Forugh Farrochzad .

Farrochsad is still considered one of the most famous singers and entertainers in modern Iranian music history. Many stars of the Iranian music scene of the 1970s became better known in his programs. Many of his songs are characterized by a very special vitality and joy, and they mostly lack the melancholy that is striking in many of his contemporary artists.

Exile and assassination attempt in Germany

Tomb of Fereydun Farrochsad

After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Farrochsad was forced to leave the country and went into exile in Germany.

Politically, he advocated a secular course and the quietistic separation of the state from religion. He advocated the re-establishment of the Iranian Empire on a democratic basis and addressed this as well as his opposition to the ruling clergy since 1979 in political battle songs. He repeatedly appeared artistically at demonstrations in European and American cities.

Because he was a critic of the theocratic regime established in Iran in 1979 , he was murdered on August 6, 1992 in his home in Bonn . He was found stabbed and beheaded three days after the crime.

Fereydun Farrochsad was buried in Bonn's north cemetery. In view of the time limit for the first grave, the financial means for a new grave in the same cemetery were raised in 2007 after an action was carried out, so that a solemn reburial could take place.

See also

Web links

Commons : Fereydoun Farrochsad  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cyrus Kadivar: Dialogue of Murder . In: Payvand.com of January 11, 2003 ( online ( memento of June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 5, 2008)
personal data
SURNAME Farrochsad, Fereydun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES فریدون فرخزاد (Persian); Farochzad, Fereydoun; Farrokhzad, Fereydoun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Tafresch , Iran
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1992
Place of death Bonn