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Sina Sina Sina "Any day of the week with Sina" Hello, I'm Sina Valiollah presenting to you another episode of... "Any day of the week" from MBC Persia channel. This is our last episode in the year 1402 based on the solar calendar. The year that was called the year of production growth and inflation control. But at the end... it turned out to be the year of inflation growth and production stoppage. So we thought it is a good idea... to remember important events of the last year. Unfortunately, th

is year we had a lot of bad news. A lot of youngsters have been imprisoned, executed, or killed for no reason, like Armita. May they rest in peace, they will be remembered forever. Last year, many of our compatriots suffered floods, earthquakes and natural disasters. They are still suffering from them. Surely, you can remember that the first month of this year was not a good start, and there was an earthquake in the city of Khoy. At 6:45, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scal

e... shook Khoy city in West Azerbaijan province. Just like the old saying "You can know a good year based on its spring". Just like the goodness of the Islamic Republic... which was obvious from the beginning of its revolution. It started with execution, imprisonment, war, famine, and bloodshed. And these things are still happening to this day. A year that starts with an earthquake, will end badly. But... you must know... if there is an earthquake, it is your fault. When adultery develops, eart

hquakes will increase. Do you mean if people commit adultery, there will be earthquakes? Isn't it more reasonable if adultery causes flood? A flood in bed, not in a riverbed. As a great poet once said, something that happens in the bedroom, only shakes the bed. What should we do to escape being trapped under the debris? Thank God that only adultery, which means sexual relations between a man and woman, would cause sudden movement along Earth's faults. It seems that sexual relations between a man

and his brother-in-law. Continued reactions to the release of the sex video of... the Director General of Islamic Guidance of Gilan Province. and the masturbation video of a Quran reciter... and a member of the city council in Anzali harbor. The first official reaction of the government after three days of silence. We are lucky, if instead of adultery, sodomy caused earthquakes, the way these religious fanatics are attacking each other's cracks, it would made the Earth's faults to dance. When J

ennifer McCreight read the speech of Hojatoleslam Seddiqi, She asked her friends to wear revealing clothes. to test the theory that women's immodesty causes earthquakes. More than 200,000 American women participated in the rally. She named it the Boobquake. Was there an earthquake? Yes, yes, the Boobquake. Don't you have job to do? If their bullshit was about to come true... you and your friends were eating charity food at the mosque of the White House. When a calamity happens to someone and God

tests someone, this is a lesson for the rest of the people. I don't know why would not God test the people of Thailand as a lesson for others. Why God? Why? I'm not saying flood or earthquake, at least shut down the grid power of Pattaya for a week. So that we know you didn't have... a personal problem with cities like Khoy or Zahab bridge. We should ward off evil by giving charity and doing good deeds... because it is a divine test. Due to the large volume of your pornographic videos... that h

ave been published, you have to pay more than your income to charity. People who have been hurt in the recent events... should not count on government aid. They have to help as much as they can... to solve the problem of survivors. No, you don't need to worry, people never count on you for anything. Your function is lower than the toilet paper, because at least it is used in critical situations. The Deputy Minister of Interior... and the head of the country's crisis management organization... an

nounced the signing of a contract with the seminary to reduce natural disasters. Until now, the amount of damage caused by the 1979 revolution in Iran... has been more than the amount of damage caused by an earthquake... with a magnitude of eight in Japan. I wish it was possible to sign a contract with another organization... to reduce the unnatural disasters caused by the seminary. The holy soil of Imam Hossein's tomb, on this blessed day, we give this gift to the people of Khuzestan province,

God will make the water level go down. Allahumma salli... There was only one way that piece of dirt would have helped the people, and that is if you jumped in the water with it. In the prayers that I read for you, it says the reason for the earthquake is sin. there is a vein in the Earth and every time God wants to send us a disaster... he will tell an angel to move the vein. There is a vein in the Earth and God would tell and angel to "move it"? Move it? Oh yeah move it? "Move it", sorry the na

me of that angel is not by any chance Arash, the singer? It has been said that even looking at stranger women is a sin. I thought only the brain is connected to the genitals... in the body of religious fanatics. Now I know that eyes, ears, nose, throat, and every other organ... in their body is connected to their genitals. You are going home and suddenly the Earth starts to shake, I write a verse of Quran on the board, read it at the time of earthquakes, and when you did you don't need to run or

go outside the house anymore, by reading this verse, earthquakes won't hurt them God's willing. When an earthquake starts, even you mullahs would forget everything you read in the seminary. At best you call upon one of your holy saints to help you. Here is an example. Earthquakes happen to test people, to test their patients. To test your power and will... That was just a puny aftershock. Imagine if a war starts, I swear to God that with the first bomb, they put a white flag on their turbans, T

hey would put their hands on their knees, bend over, and surrender to enemies. They brought me some photographs, ladies walking at the side of this dried river. Their clothing would dry what is left of it. Which one is it? Not wearing the hijab causes droughts, floods, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, or tsunamis. Oh woman, the crisis management organization tells you that... the most beautiful way to fight against natural disasters is to wear hijab. You might think, why European countries with a

ll that corruption in their societies... don't have droughts? God test his believers, like people of Isfahan. some of God's servants shot the people of Isfahan in the eye. some of God's servants shot people of Isfahan in the eye. Actually, they don't care if someone is from Isfahan or anywhere else. The people of Isfahan are sad because of the water problem. Other than people of Isfahan, people of Tehran, people of Shiraz, People of Yazd, people of Sistan, people of Ahvaz, people of Kerman, peop

le of Qom, and people in more than thirty provinces are sad. Not because of water problem, because of mullah problem. this regime is so horrible that even the Taliban is hurt by it. The verbal conflicts between the two regimes of the Islamic Republic... and the Taliban are increasing every day. That was not an important thing to mention. A little fight is like salt in terrorists' lives. Like that old saying, "Terrorists fight and stupid believe". I warn the authorities and rulers of Afghanistan.

.. to give the rights of the people of Sistan region immediately. You have not given the rights of the people of the Sistan region... to them in forty-five years. Taliban are foreigners. In response to the words of the President of Iran, General Mobeen Khan, the former spokesman of the Kabul Security Command, made this joke. Mr. President of Iran, this is our situation, don't invade us, we don't have any water, but I will bring this container myself. This was at the beginning of the year, he won

't even give that container now. At best he will give enough water to the president... to wash his ass after all that bullshit. Because Except for saying bullshit he does nothing. Thirteen people were killed and twenty-one were injured... in the terrorist attack on Shahcheragh shrine. A terrorist shot at the people who were praying... after entering the Shahcheragh shrine during evening prayer. That was another example that the region's Bullshiter did nothing. Explosion and blood in the ceremony

of the fourth anniversary... of the death of Qassem Soleimani That was another example that shows how much... their claim for people's security is true. If you are a thief, embezzler, or terrorist, Iran is completely safe. You can do whatever you like without fear. Pakistan attacked one of our border villages with a missile, in which three women and four children were killed. They are all foreigners. Well, thank God. A missile killed women and children in a border village, and she is thanking G

od. If the missile heat the Qom's seminary, all the people of Iran would thank God. The Islamic Council put the approval of the Hijab and Chastity bill on the agenda. This was at the end of August. A year had passed since his granddaughter's baby clothes. And the new scandal of the parliament chairman's son had not happened yet. Isack the Napoleon, He wanted to get a Canadian visa as an elite, with grades like the Napoleon, I mean all F. They will probably pass a few new bills now, so people wil

l forget his son's scandal. This problem of women not wearing hijab... will be solved for sure. Don't worry. Did it? Six months is passed your bullshit. Is this like destroying Israel? For forty-five years you said, "They will not see twenty years later". And your war diminished from the storm of Al-Aqsa to storm of walking on a flag. I want to show you a video of people walking on the Israeli flag. The people of the world are doing it. And you try to avoid stepping on it. Are these few humans t

he people of the world? If you want to play a friendly football match with them... they are a few players short. Three brands support them openly. For example McDonald's. He gave McDonald's gift bags full of sandwiches to Israeli soldiers. So what? It is not too late. You can do the same thing. Cook some Maqluba and send it to Hamas guys. Just make sure your delivery guy is not a family member of Majid Hosseini, He might confuse the address and instead of Gaza go to Canada. Mr. Hosseini. Are you

having a good time in Canada? I'm here to visit my brother and my family. That is what he said after being seen in Canada. If he was seen in Italy, he would say I'm here to fight Sicilian mafia. His speeches in Iran were so influential and eradicated corruption completely. The hidden facts of Debsh Tea Company's financial corruption... worth one hundred and forty thousand billion Tomans. Among all the warm drinks and joys of the world, our poor nation only had tea, and this year they made it ta

ste bitter in people's mouth. Before that tea was served with sugar on the side. Now they served with shit on the side. It is not known how much shit they pull before that tea is in people's homes. An official of the Tehran City Council said... that air pollution causes people to die as much as the Iran-Iraq war. Now you know why no country launch a military attack on Iran. Do you think it is because Iran's regime has bombs and missiles? Nope. When they see that the environmental organization...

kills more Iranians than Saddam Hussein's army, they think why attack them? Why should we bother ourselves? They will kill themselves. Even the circus is not disorderly like this. It reminded me, to remember this year ceremony of February 11th. The images of women without hijab in the ceremony of the 47th anniversary... of the victory of the 1979 revolution. have brought many reactions. It has become difficult to distinguish the celebration of the victory... of the Islamic Revolution from the c

arnivals of Brazil. Next year, instead of fruit juice and cake, they will give free bikinis and tequila. A large number of people... in Iran are sensitive to clothing issue. The people of Iran? They are sensitive to what clothing? If you mean cape and turban, you are correct. When people see them they go mad. Fake media streams... who get paid by foreigners, like Manoto channel and other enemies' Farsi channels, they have no other future than the one Manoto is having. If Manoto had a bad ending,

then what should we call your national television's ending? This year, from night news and kids' show, to a documentary about African boars mating, Mehran Rajabi was on every show. If that ending is bad, this one is shit. That was a verse of the Quran "Something that has no roots, will be destroyed". So that is why you are not destroyed for a half-century. Because you have roots. You have very deep roots. But in ignorance, stupidity, and oppression. Shervin Hajipour was sentenced to three years

of imprisonment... and two years of being banned from leaving the country. This is five years of imprisonment. Three years in Evin prison and two years in a prison called Iran. Additional punishments that they gave him. Making a song against America. Writing down the books written by Morteza Motahari and Javady Amoli, and releasing them on social media. What song he should make for you? For convicting America's crimes. For writing down this guy's book. Now that I understand, I can see that... t

hree years of imprisonment and two years of being banned from leaving the country, was not that bad. Even reading their books is so painful, let alone writing all that bullshit down. Singers like Moein, if they come back to Iran, will they have permission to perform? Having permission to perform is the next step. Their presence in the country is not a problem, it will be handled by law. Due to Shervin's sentence for a song without permission, if Moein with all those songs come to Iran... he woul

d have to memorize all your bullshit books. And if you want to torture him, you can tell him to write down all of the president's speeches. Thingy thing, thingy things. Thingy thing, thingy things. Thingy thing, thingy things. Thingy things. Check this out. See how these poor people are living... a hard life without food and shelter. I feel so bad for them, We have to do something. We cannot just wait. Hello sir. We are here to get budget... for the oppressed people of the axis of resistance, in

Yemen, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Iraq, Syria, and south of Lebanon. The treasury is empty, where can we get money from? The sanctions broke our back. Sir, I know how to evade sanctions. Everywhere is safe and secure. I'm Mehran Rajabi. It is one after midnight I hope you are not tired brothers. Let me bring you some fresh drinks. Oh my God. They took all the money. Well done general, you screwed him over very cleverly. My homeland is safe and secure. Sleep tight. My homeland! You constant glory! T

hingy thing, thingy things. Thingy thing, thingy things. Thingy thing, thingy things. Thingy thing, thingy things. Thingy thing, thingy things. Thingy thing, thingy things. Well, Miss. Shadi it is time for our guest. - Awesome, what a guest. - And tonight's special guest... is one of the influential and artistic women of our country. From a family of artists. She did not come here empty-handed. - What does she have with herself? - A dagger. A song called "Dagger" which will be performed... in me

mory of all women, daughters, and mothers of our country... whose art has been buried under the ashes of fanaticism. By... Mojgan Shajarian. Don't stab my singing. Don't stab. I'm like the cloak of fire. I'm the last generation of the night. I carry my life... I carry my life on my back. Don't stab my singing. Don't stab. I'm your country, your sister. I'm ready to die. Around you... Around you, like your mother. Don't stab my singing. I'm a gypsy with a wandering heart. In the land of having no

body. I'm living alone in a poor neighborhood. Don't stab my singing. Don't stab. My lips has the thunder of madness. As soon as my heart starts to sing about you, a scent of blood, a scent of blood, a scent of blood is on my lip. Don't stab my singing. Don't stab. Don't stab my singing. Don't stab my... singing. Awesome, what a performance. Very great. Please sit down. Please. - Welcome to the show. - Thank you. - I'm so happy to be here. - Thank you for coming. - Thank you. - You are a dear, w

hat is the news? How was your trip? Was it good? Yes, it was great. Was it easy? Well, when it is for an important thing, it would be more easy. Well, great. Do you travel a lot? - It depends, if I have a concert... - For concerts and shows. yes, I travel a lot. Doesn't it affect you? Your voice and your performance? If it does not mess up my sleeping schedule then no. But many countries that I travel to, because of time difference... - I usually... - You have a sleeping problem. Yes, we have to

arrange the time for concerts... so that there is a gap for me to set my sleeping schedule. I think traditional Iranian music concerts... are so serious and there is no room for jokes, that a simple mistake in the singer's voice, or being sleepy... Doesn't this lack of sleep affect your voice? - One hundred percent. - It is so interesting. - All that flying... - Of course. When you don't have enough sleep, the first thing that will be affected is your vocal cords. Or even if you use sleeping pi

lls or something. Has it ever happened to you at a concert that... Well, in a live performance, anything could happen. - Being sleepy for example. - No, not that. You never go on stage sleep-deprived. No. Great, great. I'm tired of this world. I'm tired of this world. Until I solve this problem... by drinking from a fancy glass. Although, you are a musician artist and a music lover, but you studied graphic design. We went to the same college. - On Palestine street? - Yes. I was there too. Yes, a

t first... I really wanted to continue with music but music did not exist. I mean, there was no major called music in the university. So when I was going to choose my major... I went towards painting because I loved painting so much. With Mr. Mohsen Keramaty who... was my father's student, and he is one of very great singers. He taught me watercolor painting in my father's classes. I loved to paint. Interesting. Then I chose painting as my major in college. The following year, the music departme

nt was launched. I took the test and passed. I tried to do a double major, because... A lot of people did that back then. I wanted to continue them both, but if the university had found out, - surely, they would have stopped me. - Yes. One of the colleges was on one side of the Vali-asr crossroad... - and the other on the other side. - Yes. The other one was behind Beethoven, the music shop Yes, that's right, behind Beethoven. So I was studying at both colleges. I had to practice singing at four

in the morning so nobody could sleep. Which one was harder to study at college, graphic design or music? - Do you mean painting? - Yes, painting. Obviously, music needs more practice and work. Especially me, because I was trying to learn them by heart and by listening. So I started by studying painting and the next year I started to study music too. But, because after I think... For many years... music was not a major in Iran's universities. So the situation was very messy. A lot of students wh

o played an instrument very professionally... Students who claimed to practice five to six hours every night. After one or two years they stopped playing their instrument. Because they did not have a correct plan for teaching music. As I said music department was new and... What was your father's advice? - Due to singing being hard for women. - Right. Although... Anyway... my father was saying that you could continue music outside of college. But I wanted to know what is happening in... music ma

jor which now has its own department, and there is work being done in there. I wanted to work with different masters and learn their different techniques. Back then, there was no singing major. There was just classic music major and Iranian classical music major, which you had to play Radif. I entered college playing Iranian music Radif on Setar instrument. Well, in college they blamed everything on music major students. - For example they were saying... - Damn it, why? For example, they were sa

ying there is not enough space, so music students should go to... The Karaj buildings. Yes, it was under construction back then. - I remember. - There was nothing. I remember. When we went there workers were laying bricks, and nothing was there. My uncle is a hunter, he came to visit me there, he was saying oh dear nephew at night wolves would be here. You could hunt everything there, as far as the eye could see it was just desert. From the beginning of its department in the university, they tri

ed so hard to push art away and away. That is right. They sent that Azad university to Imam Hosein Square after that... Yes, exactly. They never wanted music close to other majors. That is right. They first suggested that photography students go there, Mr. Fakhreddini said I will never go there, I will leave the university. They said, no, you stay here, music students will go. Music students said they would not go because it would kill their creativity. They said OK, then your department would b

e dissolved. - It is easy for us. - Really? We said OK, we will go. Being dissolved was a possibility from the first day of college. For example, one day we went to college and they told us to go back home. Why? They said music is forbidden. - Damn it. - The major is gone. God damn it. We went home and we were depressed after a week they called and told us to go to college. What happened? A boy played accordion for me and I decided music is allowed. God save that boy. Because he played accordion

, studying music in all universities was allowed. What is the meaning of this? The philosophy of not having a department in the university. Based on that they cannot invite great masters. Of course, there was great masters teaching there too. I respect them all. It did not have a comprehensive plan. Dr. Pejhman came there to teach us to compose. In the fourth year, he was asking why there is no piano in this college. Finally, in the fourth year they brought a piano. They brought a master to teac

h the piano, I mean they just... It is interesting that you did not get disappointed. I mean you went through it to the end anyway. Anyway. Because you could have gone home and practiced with the greatest masters. Even better than the college that does not have a piano. And you went through it to the end. How important was that degree to you? It was not just for the degree. You see when you enter the college... the connection that you find with your community is important. Hundred percent. Maybe

I cannot make that connection at home with anyone. Maybe I could not feel the shortages that our music had at that time. The question of, how the values ​​of music are being defined in our society. Right. An interesting thing for me to tell you... is that when they wanted to take a practical test from us, they announced that students should be able to play Radif on their instruments. It means that they should have known Radifs before the test. Then the day that masters sat down so that students

come and take the test... They saw so many students and there was such a big crowd that it would take months to test them all. They said we are surprised that these young musicians know how to play Radif... considering that music was so limited before this. All those kids wanted to learn music and they did... and now they want to study it in college. That was interesting to me. Very interesting, Specially for something that they tried to stop for so long. Let's go to the control room and we wil

l be back with the rest of the interview. Awesome. We are with dear Mojgan Shajarian. Dear Mojgan let me ask you a more personal question. Yes. In home I know that... Which child you are? The third child. The third, how many siblings are you? We are five children. - Five. - Yes. You are five children so you are the middle one, right? Yes, yes. You have two older sisters and two younger brothers. Yes, yes. And are you the only daughter of the family who sings? My sisters also sang, I mean... they

learned and practiced with my father. It is inevitable in that home. When you are born in that home you will leave it as an artist, - Yes. - there is no other way. They don't raise doctors for society. Yes. My sisters sang and played instruments too. My brother too, you know about Homayoun. - He sing a little. - A little. Really? Does Homayoun sing too? Yes, but... maybe I had more courage among them. I don't know. Among girls? Did you ever had the problem of... Because Homayoun as the younger

brother was singing with your father. Of course I know... your father started a band to sing with you... and you were singing and playing in concerts. Apart from that, at home... Right. Your brother was singing without any problem. right. But you even had problems in university. What was your motive? - Were there any fight? - You knew it was hard. Did you ever have any discussion? No, never. Have you never fought? Yes, we fought over other things. - You never fought over music. - No. When we had

classes with our father, Homayoun was so young. He was a kid. I and my older sisters with Homayoun , and Rayan was not born yet. I think it was Mondays, every Monday we had a family round table... and Father practiced Radifs with us very strictly. Well, in between classes, Father's concerts were held or... Did your father... practiced with your older sisters, although they never going to sing? Yes, yes, because nobody knew what was going to happen in future. But they liked to... As I said it wa

s... the year... I was nine years old for example. We all used to go to Chavosh center and practice instruments. My older sister and I was playing Setar. Afsaneh was learning Santoor from Mr. Meshkatian and they later got married. Homayoun was learning Tonbak from Mr. Farhangfar... and later he went to Mr. Mohebi. We were all playing instruments and going to our singing classes. Then my older sister, Afsaneh, got married so classes... were happening one day and being canceled the other day... an

d my father had concerts. These classes were constantly canceled and held again. Anyway, my sisters practiced music too, but maybe... the fact that... society did not have the passion for hearing a woman's voice. Do you think society does not have the passion to listen to women's voices? No, the society... - It was not allowed. - You mean the officials. - Those you made the decisions. - Yes, they did not allow... - anyone to work. - Have you never been disappointed? No, I like to do this a very

much but... Because I could not sing, I tried to... - focus on playing instrument. - Focus. There was a while when they asked me to perform concerts only for women, and I said no way. - You mean only female audiences. - Yes, yes. I said, if I accept to do this, it means that... I have accepted the wrong laws of this society. I would never do that. This means disrespect to women's character, and I never did it. Oh, my traveler. The one that is gone from my side. Your presence is healing... for my

helpless heart. Come back, I'm helpless. Come back... Later when we performed concerts with my father outside of Iran, I tried to be like a backup vocalist. For the parts that I was singing solo... I fell in trouble for that when I got back to Iran. How was that? How was the first time... - You were with Shahnaz band, right? - Yes. It was Shahnaz band, you were playing and singing with your father. - When you performed the first concert... - Yes, yes. after that what happened? You sang with the

great master... on the stage of a concert outside of Iran. After the concert, because my father came back to Iran, nothing happened. Because as I said they were so scared of my father. Then in 2011, when father... was in Europe and he did not went back to Iran... because his concerts were starting in 2012. My husband and I were doing most of the backstage work for concerts. It was mostly on my husband's shoulders and I was doing the financial work. My husband said, go talk to the father about n

ext concert, and also visit him, because I had not seen him for a long time. I went to see my father in Spain and we were together in Germany too. Upon my return to Iran, I landed at the airport and some guy was yelling who is Mr. Shajarian? - Who is Mr. Shajarian? - Who is Mr. Shajarian? What does that mean? Think of that idiot. He was asking who is Mr. Shajarian? At first, I thought, it had nothing to do with me. What should I say to him? Then I saw he was trying so hard. I said, Mr. Shajarian

is not here, but I'm Mrs. Shajarian if you have something to say. He said, yes, I'm looking for you. - I got it now. Oh my God. - Later my father's lawyer said... - Why did you give yourself up? - You went to him and said, I'm here. Mr. Shajarian is not here, you can arrest me instead. - Arrest me instead. - Yes. They took me to a room, they asked for my passport, and I gave it to them. They said, The Ministry of Intelligence... will call you later and you can go there and get it - So easy. - Y

es. I asked, that is it? He said, yes, go home, they will call you later. I came home and a while passed. I told my father that they seized my passport... and said The Ministry of Intelligence. My father said you will not go there without your lawyer... because I know these people, arrange with Mr. Aghasi to accompany you that day, I said OK. I was at home, the phone ranged, I picked up and it the guy said... we are calling from The Ministry of Intelligence, are you Mojgan? I said yes. You must

come to this address on this day and hour. I said let me see if my lawyer has the time on that date. He said are you making fun of us? Are we friends enough to joke? I said you must be there at that day and hour. - It seems that we are a joke to you. - The lawyer. - I talk in the presence of my lawyer. - OK, I'll try my best to be there. I said I'll do my best sir, Goodbye, and I hung up the phone. When we went there, my lawyer stayed at the bottom of the stairs... and my husband and I went insi

de... the place they had. The first thing he asked was where is your lawyer? I said he is down stairs I can call him if you want. He said were you scared that we take you away? I said you people do anything. Did you really say that? Well done. He said alright sit down we need to talk. In short, they were asking, why doesn't Mr. Shajarian come back to Iran? I said, well he did not want to come back to Iran. Because his concerts will start in a few months. And he can travel within Europe more easi

ly. Then he said to my husband, as his manager why would you let Mr. Shajarian interview? My husband said should Mr. Shajarian ask for my permission? He is a great artist himself and decided to that. If he interviews again, we would see it as you are doing. What? - I thought maybe he was stupid... - He was trying to create a spy. It is kind of creating a spy in that person's family. I said look sir, my father is from Mashhad. People from Mashhad are very stubborn. Do you want me to tell him that

he should not interview anymore... and he would do more interviews? - Of course the guy was really... - Easy on you? easy on me, and he was talking reasonably. - He was a reasonable one. - Yes, and then... he said why do you sing? I said should I ask for your permission? I want to go and sing, this is a legacy that has been passed on to me. - It is a talent. - It is a talent. He said no. You should not sing because it is the law of our country... that women are not allowed to sing. I said you s

hould respect your law. And for me, I don't sing in Iran. I go outside of the country and sing. No, it does not work that way. You shall not sing ever. I said why? What would happen? You should know that it is not a law in Islam that women shall not sing, we have this law based on the expediency of our regime. I said sorry but I won't let go of my heritage... for the expediency of your regime. Whatever happens, happens. He said if you sing one more time I will not talk so softly to you, the cons

equences are all yours. - He threatened you. - Exactly, he threatened me. Like a bird, you flew, oh my friend why did you go? oh my friend why did you go? Like a bird, you flew, oh my friend why did you go? oh my friend why did you go? oh my friend why did you go? You have three children. - Twin boys and a girl. - Yes, three, twins and a girl. Any of them do music? They all do some music, not Iranian classical music, but they do music. - They do music. - Yes. - Are they talented too? - Yes, they

are very talented. Are you saying this because you are their mom? - Or are they talented? - Because their uncle is Homayoun. OK, because of him, then they are talented. - And because of their grandfather. - All of the reasons... I... I'm not talented myself. You are one of the best singers for us. You are a dear. We go to the control room again and we will be back. Well... another interesting thing for me... Because you said that after 2012 you never went back to Iran, - Yes. - Because of your

situation. Your children came after that, right? Yes, my children came with a lot of hardship. The way I thought... they should have come to Germany, and there we... Because if they were finding out that I was going to become a refugee... they would have banned my children from leaving Iran. Right. As well as I heard that many of the people who came here... were not able to bring their children. We were worried every day when will their visas come. And finally, after eight months they got their

visa and they came here. - OK so... - Yes. you passed that with a lot of hardships. When your father died... It was during COVID if I remember correctly. Yes, right. Did you go back to Iran? Yes, I got back a few weeks or a month before my father died. I heard that he was very sick. And I wanted to put aside the warm farewell that I had with him... at the airport and go back to see him. Everyone said it is dangerous if you came back. I said whatever happens is worth it for me, to see my father o

ne more time. And so I went back to Iran and as usual they took my passport, to set another meeting with me. After a few days of meetings, one of our friends said don't go there dear... because you cannot defend yourself for sure. - And he... - During all this... taking your passport, meetings, your father was still alive? Yes, he was alive. They had a meeting, fourteen to fifteen men, to destroy us. And it took three or four hours and... a revolutionary guard was insisting and saying that she m

ust be put on trial, I'm not letting her go. - Trial? - Put on trial. - He exactly said that, trial. Others told him what trial? Do you understand that master is sick... and if something happens to him what would you answer to people? And... And this will aggravate all the issues. They were so scared of my father's death. They were scared that people might protest. And COVID helped them very much in that matter. - It saved them. - Yes, COVID saved them. I should say that the day my father died,

They had a security camera to record every moment. They sat a security camera outside the hospital to record every moment. It means that they installed that the night before. They installed a camera to see who comes to the hospital and what they do. Exactly. They were beating people. Until midnight they did beat those people who came out of respect to my father. Other issues happened after that. It was not clear if they wanted to allow us to bury father in Mashhad. As well as you saw... Right. w

hen they brought his body to Mashhad, and they wanted to do a military march, they didn't allow it and they took the father's body. - So disrespectful and... - Under control. under control. In... graveyard when people wanted to say goodbye, it was people's right to participate and say goodbye, but they didn't allow it. And army, anti-riot forces, police, and armed forces were everywhere to beat the people, and prevent people from mourning. With a lot of problems, it happened. And we did the fune

ral. And it really was not clear until the last minute... if they allow the funeral to happen. Because a lot of them were against funeral. They were so scared of your father. Well done to Homayoun for being able to... bury father in the place he deserved by fighting all those problems. The cruelty of the oppressor, and the harassment of the hunter, destroyed my home. Although the hearts are bleeding, the happiness is more glorious. The moon's white face is red, oh it is red. My only wish is that

you will always be... healthy, intact, full of love, as my father wished for you, and victorious. Thank you. To change the mood. You said that after your father's death, thousands of people claimed they were his student. They came to your father's classes and parties. They had a lot of fun in the garden of Hashtgerd. Was that true? - To be honest... - Or... Why didn't you invite us? How come? His close friends never made such claims. People who were very close to my father, and loved him with a

ll their hearts, never made such claims. So those who make those claims should have evidence That was not true. That was one thing. Some new students are popping up everywhere... and I have never heard about them. They are Shajarian's students. I decided to release my father's students list. Please do that. - Because it cannot go on... - If you release your guests list too... the list of people who came to your home. That would be great too. And beyond that... a few political parties are claimin

g that he was a member of us. What the hell is this? I have never seen anyone more free-thinking than my father. Who is not with any party. Not the left, not the right. Not a Mojahed. None of them, he was just... He was popular. - A popular artist. - Popular. If he said anything it was just for the good of people. To be people's voice. And he paid a heavy price for that. He was not allowed to work in Iran for many years. They didn't even allowed his works to be sold. They didn't allow his music

to be released. There are thousands of songs by my father... that has not been released yet because... Thousands of songs? You don't believe, for a year and a half... What a treasure. For a year and a half one of our friends... was converting them into... - Digital versions. - digital versions. And based on this I want to say with loud voice that... you cannot connect my father to any religious, any political party, or anything. I testify to this. Even some of... his students said that he said..

. I don't know... "Mr. Shajarian said during his sickness... we don't have a problem with mullahs". He would never... - His interviews are here. - Why? Why won't you show an audio proof? Why no video proof? Haven't cameras and sound recorders been invented? Why are you saying such a thing in a newspaper? There is no doubt... that they have no mercy, and they would... abuse anything. Yes. Let alone Master Shajarian. They would do anything... They tried their best to tarnish the reputation of anyo

ne whose loved by the people. You see, an honorable job that I have found. - Honorable job. - Or any other artists, or those who... doing some kind of art or have voice for protest, we created jobs for these assholes. Exactly, yes, exactly. - She created jobs for them. - They are... getting paid to... - To curse at you. - to curse. Now that you mentioned cursing and swearing. At the ceremony of awarding the Nobel Prize to dear Narges Mohammadi... - you did a great performance. - Thank you. First

you did an official performance, and then you did another with Golshifteh and others. The reason we did that... we are all hurt by the laws of that regime, Although we know singing will get us into trouble, we still sing. Although dancing in the street is not allowed we dance. Although we know if we don't wear hijab... we might get hurt or go to prison, we don't wear it. All these happened in Woman, Life, Freedom Movement. Right. And prove them... it is right that our men and women are in bad s

ituations in prison, but for protesting the regime's protocols, and for protesting the law of that prison, they sing and dance but they are not happy. - Maybe there is a lot... - Their actions are purposeful. - of pain in that person's heart. - Right. But he or she cannot talk about it. But they dance to fight that prison guard. To tell him that I'm happy, and I'm dancing, because you wanted me to cry. Our goal was to prove to them... that an Iranian woman is not a woman who only cries in her ki

tchen An Iranian woman is not just tears, cooking, and raising a child. Iranian women are the ones who fight too. The cruelty of the oppressor, and the harassment of the hunter, destroyed my home. Oh God, oh universe, oh nature, end our dark night with the sunrise. They said to me, why did you go and sing in that event? But I wanted to tell them from here... It is a big thing that an Iranian woman... not just a woman, because we won this award twice, The first time Mrs. Ebadi and now Mrs. Mohamm

adi received this award. This was not for one person... this was for all the Iranian women who respected human rights, women's freedom, and their movement, and they moved. right. And the thing that I always want to say is that... we should not be disappointed that in this movement many things... did not give the result we wanted. The only thing... that we have to consider is... having one direction and one heart. - If this happens, hope will... - We should be united. - We should be one. - come.

To make the devil fall from the throne. For the tears of mothers. For girls hair. For lovers who has no graves. For the tall green cedar in the sky. What are your future plans, concerts, and projects? Currently, I do protesting music more. There are three or four more songs that I have to record. I am not planning to hold a concert at the moment. Maybe next year I perform some concerts about Shahnameh, and how we should appreciate Ferdowsi, in the Netherlands. It is going to start from there. -

I try to work more on social poems. - How great. I myself try to teach online through the Internet. I had online classes through internet. Everyone were saying it is not possible to teach a class with internet. - Now everyone know that it is possible. - Now they know it is possible. Mostly, I have my online classes. Unfortunately, I cannot teach Iranian students because of the time difference. And also their slow internet connection. But I work with those who have the passion. I teach singing an

d playing instrument. I spent most of my time with these... and I love to have some time to finish my researches, and sing Iranian music Radifs. I hope that they all happen and we will enjoy them. We thank dear Mojgan for coming to the show. Thank you so much, you are a dear, thank you. "Any day of the week with Sina" What chaos has been created in my heart and soul all the time. Oh homeland. The home of the bird... of my heart is being burned by sadness. Oh homeland. Although the birds of the m

orning cried... in this house, in this house. It is still silent and quiet, in this house, oh homeland. Oh homeland. The string of my heart was cut, and the instrument of the heart ripped from the devil, oh friend. The string of my heart was cut, The string of my heart was cut, and the instrument of the heart ripped from the devil, oh friend. Nobody heard nothing from my heart... Nobody heard nothing from my heart... except my cry oh homeland. It seems that the sun is not shining from your roof

anymore. The owl is singing the sing of the night, oh homeland. Give birth with your soul... to brave heroes. So that they be the medicine for your wounds. Oh homeland. We have lost our way and... we are tired and disabled. Open your warm hug to me... oh homeland. - Oh my God. - Awesome. - Awesome. - Very beautiful. - Thank you. - Very great. Thank you dear Mojgan. And thank you all, dear friends. This is our last episode in... the year 1402 of the solar calendar. We will be on vacation for two

weeks. And we will present to you the next episode in the new year. We hope to be beside you again. If you want to watch the show online, MBC Persia YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Telegram... will release the show online. My YouTube channel has behind the scene and other videos during this time. You can follow and watch them. You can comment under tonight's show post... on dear Shadi's Instagram page and my Instagram page. - Until the next episode. - Good night.