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 7, ...

Iranian singer Morteza Darestani releases new music reflecting Iran’s social climate while continuing his global ...

Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of ...

Deerhoof and Getdown Services appear on the fourth 'Music for Iran' compilation, which aims to raise money for the release of ...

Musicians and cultural figures serve as witnesses, amplifiers, and lifelines for a nation fighting to be heard ...

1979's Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this Iranian diaspora, many of these people emigrated to Los Angeles, with some of them being the same ...

Imagine a society where music is forbidden. A society where listening to music is an offense punishable by imprisonment and lashings. Accessing music is only possible through illegal means. Sharing ...

The new album "Tehrangeles Vice" is a daring collection of Iranian disco and synthpop recorded in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s. The term Tehrangeles refers to the Iranian American diaspora in ...