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Monir was born to a family of art and music enthusiasts. Her father encouraged her interest in opera and supported her decision to study abroad. Monir studied voice and theater at the
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featuring selections from Rudaki Hall, and created an opera film festival and established the
Academy of Voice, a government-funded, co-educational boarding school to educate and train students in the art of opera and choral singing. In 1951 Monir placed first at the Berlin Youth Festival (in the
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England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Mass. Monir started the first opera company in Iran. She gave performances in roles including
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