As the list of those persecuted in the country grows, it is obvious that Iran’s leadership is systemically opposed to musical ...

The Iranian film "My Favourite Cake" is a seemingly harmless tale of two elderly people finding intimacy and affection after ...

Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves ...

Mehdi Yarrahi, a famous Iranian protest singer, was given 74 lashes in a deal to end a criminal case against him. The case ...

Along with a team of fellow enthusiasts, he spent months tracking down the earliest recordings of Iranian music, speeches, interviews, theatrical plays, radio broadcasts and even the hum of daily ...

Other audio included Iran's first recorded call to prayer in either 1912 or 1913, and the 1959 report on the death of Qamar, the first woman singer to perform in public in the country.

Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi has been given 74 lashings over protest anthem supporting hijab removal which was released in 2023 which got him arrested.

Nushe Band features Iranian musicians Niusha Barimani, Rokhsareh Rostami, Niloofar Ebrahimi, Donya Fathi, Azin Malekzadeh, and Setareh Hatef. Additionally, Levon Tevanyan from Armenia and Farah Fersi ...

Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency, quoting an anonymous official, said the sentence was for him drinking and having alcoholic drinks, not his music. The lashes were “fully carried out in ...

President Trump said he sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week asking that the two leaders ...