Tehran (IP) - Homayoun Shajarian thanked the people during his speech at a ceremony held this morning in Tehran Cemetery for paying tribute to his father's body.

Iran PressIran News: The body of Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Iran's greatest maestro of Persian traditional music was transferred to Mehrabad Airport Friday morning after the ceremony of praying to his body held in Tehran's Behesht Zahra.

His body is to be buried near Ferdowsi Tomb in Toos, Mashhad.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian an Iranian classical singer and Iran's greatest maestro of Persian traditional music died at 80 in a hospital in Tehran on Thursday.

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