TEHRAN, Iran -- In 1980s Iran, the music all but died. Clerics banned secular songs as un-Islamic. Police stopped cars to check tape decks, and smashed offending tapes. Women were barred from singing ...

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Some elements of the Iranian state are in favour of relatively relaxing controls, while others wish to cede no ground.

TEHRAN, Iran — Hip-hop blares from car radios in the streets of the Iranian capital, and Eric Clapton's "Rush" and the Eagles' "Hotel California" regularly accompany Iranian news broadcasts. But ...

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Tataloo began his music career in 2003 as part of an underground genre of Iranian music that combines Western styles of rap, rhythm-and-blues and rock with Farsi lyrics. His first album, released in ...

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While the United States continues to debate how and when hip-hop lyrics can be used in court, dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to death on April 24 for lyrics that criticized the ...

Iranian media is reporting that Iran's Supreme Court has sentenced the musician to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief An Iranian court has reportedly ...

The tattoos covering Iranian rapper Tataloo’s face stand out against the gray prison uniform the 37-year-old now wears as he awaits execution, his own rise and fall tracing the chaos of the last ...