Mohsen Namjoo, (Persian: محسن نامجو), is an Iranian singer-songwriter, author, musician, and setar player. He was born in 1976 in Torbat-e Jam, a small town in northeastern Iran. Biography Mohsen Namjoo was born in 1976 in a traditional Iranian family in Torbate-jam (a small city famous for it's Dotar players), but he grew up in the city of Mashhad. His passion for music began in early childhood. At the age of twelve, and after the death of his father which effected him enormously