THIS is the empowering moment Iranian female rappers defy their authoritarian government by performing in the street without ...

Young people across Iran have been leading a dramatic change in social mores in recent months. “We have a fearless young ...

Resistance against Iran’s oppressive Islamic regime, which has governed the country for the last 44 years, is now in its fifth month. The uprising, which was sparked by the Sep. 16 murder of a young ...

Iranian composer Mehdi Rajabian lives with the constant threat of prison hanging over his head. The 30 year old has already been jailed once for his work, but on Tuesday he was taken to court and ...

AMMAN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian is awaiting trial for working with female dancers and singers after being arrested earlier this month, in the country's latest move ...

Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian is awaiting trial for working with female dancers and singers after being arrested earlier this month, in the country's latest move to stop women artists performing.

Iranian social media has been filled with celebratory posts since the sudden un-blocking of Soundcloud and Spotify music streaming services on October 17. Iranian tech news site Digiato reported the ...

Discotchari founders Zachary Asdourian, left, and Anaïs Gyulbudaghyan, right, with producer Farokh "Elton" Ahi, center, who has a couple songs on the label's compilation "Tehrangeles Vice.". (Emil ...

Iran has detained a teenager who posted dance videos on her Instagram page, which has more than 40,000 followers. State TV broadcast a video recently in which Maedeh Hojabri, who is believed to be 18 ...

Social media users in Azerbaijan are dancing on video to express solidarity with their ethnic kin in northern Iran. The campaign began among ethnic Azerbaijanis in Iran, who make up around one-quarter ...

A fan cries as she shows an image of the nation's famous singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian on her phone outside the Jam Hospital where Shajarian has died of cancer at the age of 80, in Tehran Iran, ...