Dancing through the crackdown: The satirical song soundtracking post-Khamenei Iran

As Iranian regime forces opened fired on citizens celebrating the dictator's death, London-based artist Naz used music on ...
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Two women race to save Persian Jewish music before it fades

Using tapes of their grandfathers singing in Iran, Galeet Dardashti and Jacqueline Rafii are transcribing and adapting songs ...
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'Auschwitz' is a hit Iranian protest anthem, part of a music genre rebelling against official antisemitism

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Iranian pop star Googoosh pens self-titled memoir

Prior to the 1979 revolution, the Iranian singer and actor was a pop superstar. But she was jailed by the Islamic Republic and forced to agree to never sing or perform in public.
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‘Auschwitz’ is a hit Iranian protest anthem, part of a music genre rebelling against official antisemitism

Last month, well-known Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi released a song titled “Auschwitz,” about the regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters earlier this winter, which estimates suggest killed between ...