Yousef abazari biography

On December 9, 2014, at a conference held by  the Sociology Association  at Tehran University, sociologist Dr.

Yousef-Ali Abazari  gave a lecture that provoked stormy responses on Iranian social media networks,  which continued for several weeks. The lecture discussed reactions to the death of Iranian pop singer Morteza Pashaei, who died of cancer at the age of 30 the previous month.

His funeral was the largest public gathering of Iranians since the popular protests in 2009.

Abazari, who is identified with the reformist opposition and supported President Khatami in the past, used his lecture to lash out at Iranian society, the country’s government, and its pop music scene.

He complained that while the death of Pashaei evoked public emotion, Iranian society remains unmoved by other issues, such as the desperate situation of residents in Sistan and Baluchestan Province