Faramarz Assef

Faramarz Assef
فرامرز آصف
Faramarz Assef فرامرز آصف
Birth name	Faramarz Assef Nakhaei
Born	27 October 1950; Abadan, Iran
Genres	Iranian pop
Occupations	Singer; songwriter; architect; athlete;
Years active	1977–present
Labels	Afra Production Co.
Website	assefmusic.com
	Sports career
	Assef as an athlete in 1970s
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jump
Medal record
Representing
Asian Games

Faramarz Assef (Persian: فرامرز آصف; born 27 October 1950 in Abadan, Iran) is an Iranian music artist and former long and triple jumper who won a bronze medal at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran in triple jump.^[1]

Music career

As a graduate in architecture from University of Southern California (USC), Assef began his music career in Los Angeles, California in 1984. Since then, he has produced eight albums titled AFRA 1-8 along with four single songs. His most famous song, "Haji", brought him to the attention of Iranian communities around the world. Due to his sport background, Faramarz Assef is referred to^{[by whom?]} as a bird with iron wings in Iranian pop music. He married Yalda in 2003 and has two children, his daughter Ranaa and his son Ramin.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Faramarz Asef. takhtejamshidcup.com
^ "بیوگرافی فرامرز آصف". beytoote.com (in Persian). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ "فرامرز آصف، خواننده و ورزشکار سابق ایرانی". beytoote.com (in Persian). Retrieved 23 June 2020.

External links

Assef on Instagram
Assef on Facebook
Assef on Spotify

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[bio-1] Faramarz Asef. takhtejamshidcup.com

[2] "بیوگرافی فرامرز آصف". beytoote.com (in Persian). Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[3] "فرامرز آصف، خواننده و ورزشکار سابق ایرانی". beytoote.com (in Persian). Retrieved 23 June 2020.

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