Iraj Rahmanpour

Iraj Rahmanpour ایرج رحمانپور
Background information
Born	1957 Khoramabad, Luristan, Iran
Origin	Luristan, Iran
Occupation(s)	folk singer, songwriter

Iraj Rahmanpour (Persian: ایرج رحمانپور) born in 1957 is an Iranian singer, songwriter, and writer، who also has

written and musical works about the culture and art of the Zagros region and the music of Lori andaLeki.

Musical career

His music career began from 1977 and numerous concerts have been held in Iran and other countries. His goal of these activities is the development of native culture. His style in singing is unique. He researches about the lost and obsolete songs and forgotten ancient languages of Iran and runs them revived with his songs. His style called “Hur” and “Moaning” in native language.which are the tradition costumes of ancient centuries in Iran. His songs are in different Iranian languages like: "Laki", "Lori" and "Persian".

Poems (songs)

His poems in some languages (Persian, Laki, Luri), describe:

• Nature of the Zagros Mountains
• Myths and legends and beliefs of nomadic tribes of the area.
• Social problems like addiction, poverty and human disasters (earthquakes, chemical bombardment of Halabja and ...). His singing style is unique and uses a style called “Hur” and “Moaning” .
• I Write You
• Rara
• My Land
• You Are Green
• Your Secret
• Moaning
• Broken Column
• Mirror of Tears
• Spring Breeze

References

• سایت میرملاس نیوز
• سایت حوزه هنری
• سایت سیمره
• سایت میراث
• سایت پارسه نیوز
• سایت لر نیوز
• سایت پارس ست
• سایت فارس نیوز Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
• خبر گذاری پانا
• شبستان
• سینمای ایران
• فارس نیوز Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
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