1960s–early 1970s: Radio work and breakthrough Agassi was born in
Kermanshah, Iran to an
Iranian Assyrian family. Although he began singing in gigs in the late 1950s, he was not yet an established professional singer. In the 1960s, he became involved in the
Iranian national radio since his teen years where he recorded a number of records in
Persian. He worked with many Iranian poets and composers and produced several popular songs, which were broadcast on the radio and
TV stations, with several reaching the top ten records at the time. Other than singing, he played the
classical guitar and
piano keyboard.
Mid 2000s–2020s: Continued world tours and final years Agassi had since
raised hundreds of thousand of dollars for
Assyrian churches and the welfare organizations aiding the Assyrian people. In 2010, he again travelled to
Syria, and in 2016 he has visited
Iraqi Kurdistan, to perform at the concerts and parties there. One of Agassi's last albums, "The Circle Of Life", released in 2012, was one of his most anticipated albums, after a seven-year hiatus. Up until the 2020s, he had
concerts regularly in North America, West Asia, Europe and Australia, and had visited England, Germany, Canada, France, Austria, Netherlands, Russia, Syria, Iran and Northern Iraq. Agassi had produced just over 500 songs by the 2020s. Agassi's last public performance was at an annual
Valentine's Day party in Chicago in February 2024, and his last overseas concert was in
Sydney in August 2023. ==Illness and death==