Andranik Asatourian who personified the history of half century of Iranian art and music passed away

Andranic Asatourian, the great Iranian composer and musician and a valuable asset to the contemporary Iranian art, and a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran passed away at the early hours of Sunday morning in a hospital in Los Angeles, California after a difficult battle with cancer. 
Andranic who always considered himself a member of the Iranian Resistance and a genuine Ashrafi stood on the side of the Iranian people and their resistance throughout his plenteous life. He who was a Christian, left Iran in protest to the mullahs’ tyranny and did not allow his art to be misused by the clerical dictatorship as a mean to prolong and legitimize its brutal rule. 
Andranic is considered an everlasting diva of the Iranian music which will be cherished by millions of Iranian people for many years to come.