Sharareh biography

Iranian singer

Musical artist

Fatemeh Solati Nayebi (Persian: فاطمه صولتی نایبی, born January 4, 1959), better known by her stage name Shohreh (Persian: شهره), is an Iranian singer. Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran, she has continued her music career in exile.

Life and career

Shohreh Solati was born in Tehran to a well-to-do family of artists and entertainers. She developed an interest in music early on – singing at seven years of age. She later went on to study at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, where she received training in singing and the clarinet. Her first album, titled Dokhtar-e-Mashreghi (Persian for "Eastern Girl"), was successful, garnering some notability. Magazines directed toward the youth of Iran in the 1970s also gave exposure to the singer.

Shortly before the Revolution in 1979, Shohreh left Iran to perform in a series of concerts in the United States and, due to restrictions imposed on entertainers by the new leadership