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- 1 2 "Pejman Hadadi". Archived from the original on 2007-02-10. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
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Pejman Hadadi (born 1969) [1] is an internationally acclaimed Iranian tonbak player and Persian classical musician from Tehran. In 1990 Hadadi emigrated to the United States.
In 1995, he joined Dastan Ensemble. [1]
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