An Iranian singer has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment following a concert performance. Hiwa Seyfizade was arrested ...

In Iran, a singer has been sentenced to four years in prison following a concert performance. Security forces broke up the ...

An Iranian music sensation and an eight-person production team were reportedly sentenced to 74 brutal lashings for the singer’s viral patriotic tune which she performed without a hijab. Parastoo ...

Papist, who posts videos of herself online singing in both English and Persian without a head covering, confirmed that her passport was confiscated and her mobile phone blocked.

"Do Kaftar” (“Two Doves”) is a sad love song that every Iranian child knows. Fun fact: if you look for it on YouTube, you will find the mournful ballad sung by men only. That is because women in Iran ...

Iranian music is inescapably political. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, music there has been subject to heavy ...

Bahar Movahed is a 21st-first century renaissance artist. She’s a cartoonist, a classical Persian singer and a full-time practicing orthodontist. Movahed said she never felt she had to choose between ...

As unrest and calls for change continue in Iran, music remains a powerful voice for protest, hope, and freedom. Iranian music icons Ebi and rapper Shahin Najafi have joined forces to release a new ...

The musicians wanted to show a different picture of Iran's culture during this time of fraught negotiations with the US.

Iran is home to a rich, diverse culture spanning 31 provinces and dating back thousands of years — particularly music and storytelling. A new touring performance — featuring a Sacramento-based ...