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A woman was arrested in Iran after she posted a video of herself singing without a hijab on YouTube, even though the Iranian parliament passed a new, stricter law on women's modesty that rights groups ...
CNN — (CNN) — Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for his song encouraging women to remove their hijabs, was lashed 74 times Wednesday as part of his punishment for supporting the ...
An Iranian singer whose song became an anthem during the 2022 mass protests has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for “inciting and provoking people to riot to disturb national ...
That's the question songwriter Rostam Batmanglij has been reflecting on in his new album, American Stories. Batmanglij, known mononymously as Rostam, was born and raised in the United States, but his ...