Nowhere in the world is poetry more highly valued than in Iran, so it is not surprising that the singing of poetry is central to Persian musical culture. Furthermore, the values of music and dance are ...

"I was the dancing star at every mehmooni [family ... But growing up with a constant sense of danger may have shaped the lives of Iranian music makers. Image source, Nesa Azadikhah It's one ...

Maedeh Hojabri had gathered thousands of followers on Instagram with videos of herself dancing to Iranian and Western pop music. On Friday, state TV broadcast Ms Hojabri's apparent confession.

He is a two-time recipient of the Durfee Foundation Master Musician Award for dissemination and propagation of Persian music in the US. He has composed an extensive body of music for dance ...

And one of those is dance music. "You would basically think that ... Freedom - an electronic compilation by a group of female Iranian women, producers and musicians. They hope the album will ...