One of most popular singers in Iran, Moluk Zarrabi, has died in Tehran.

She was more than one hundred years old.

She was one of the first professional female Iranian singers to sing in public and her career paved the way for hundreds of other female singers in Iran.

Moluk Zarrabi started singing and playing in bands which performed traditional and religious music at private and public ceremonies.

She later attracted millions of listeners on Iranian Radio.

But after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the broadcasting of female voices was banned from Iranian radio and television.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service