Amid the negotiations, a drag queen, a Persian-Israeli singer, and a DJ have teamed up to issue a call for freedom.

SHAB’s earliest memories of music are inseparable from family. Older siblings introduced her to disco, soul, jazz and pop, ...

Good news from Iran is hard to come by, a situation that has prevailed since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the ...

As Tehran eases some cultural restrictions after the war, concerts, live music and changing social norms are giving many ...

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 ...