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2 Jun 2026, 14:35

Homa Mirafshar, the renowned Iranian poet and songwriter, passed away at the age of 89 in Los Angeles.
Morteza Barjasteh Eshraqi, known artistically as Morteza, wrote on Instagram on Tuesday, June 2, that Ms. Afshar passed away last week, but her family released the news with a delay.
This poet and songwriter, who reportedly struggled with Alzheimer's disease for years, was one of the most prolific and beloved songwriters before and after the 1979 revolution.
Homa Afshar collaborated with many prominent Iranian singers, including Homaira, Hayedeh, Mahasti, Setar, Ebi, Dariush, Moein, and Aref.
She was born in Tehran in 1936 and married Ali Mirafshar, Homaira's cousin, in her youth. This bond created a close friendship between Homa and Homaira, which, according to her, sparked the production of many songs and collaborations between the two.
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Homa Mirafshar, a journalist, poet, and songwriter of romantic compositions in traditional music and memorable pop works, passed away at the age of 89; renowned figures in music and her fans celebrated her artistic legacy on social media.

She has over a thousand poems in three poetry collections, with more than 250 of her songs being among the most enduring Iranian songs, and it is no wonder that she became known in the music community as the "woman of a thousand songs" or the "queen of songwriting in Iran." For this reason, Iraj Janati Atai, a prominent contemporary songwriter, considers Homa Mirafshar his predecessor, stating that she was "famous before the new song and alongside it."

Homa was a pioneer in writing songs that a woman would sing for her beloved or the romantic words of a man for his sweetheart, as the composers of that era paid less attention to the gender of the songs. Years ago, in the BBC Radio program "One Word and Two Words," she told the late Mahmoud Khoshnameh, a music researcher, about this: "I have not seen that the songs of Monir Taha, Simin Behbahani, or Labeat Vala had a feminine scent unless they came from a man's perspective. If their singer was a man, they had to write something that a man would say to a woman."

"I remember someone asked me how I write in that state, and I replied that if I want to write from a man's perspective, I am eager to hear the same things I love to hear from him. I would put those words into lyrics, and Akbar Golpa would sing them, or I would give them to Mahmoudi Khansari to sing, but sometimes I would write in a way that either a man or a woman could sing without it making a difference."

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In the early 1970s, Homa Mirafshar's lyrics and the beautiful melodies of Mohammad Heydari topped the charts of the best songs, and Homa's name shone; like the song "Divonetam" performed by Homaira: "Let me say I'm crazy about you... Yes, I'm crazy about you... Don't break me with the stone of sorrow... I'm the light of your home..." or the song "Delam Mikhaad" performed by Hayedeh: "I want to tell you I love you a hundred thousand times one day, my dear..." and the song "Mikadeh" sung by Akbar Golpayegani: "My crazy heart longs for the tavern, it doesn't know what to do with the spring days without you..."
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