"He gave Iranians an anthem to gather around and a repertoire that could turn a lonely evening into a remembered celebration, ...

The music of Iranian composer Emanuel Melik Aslanian will be performed by one of his former students at a free concert at the Rancho Bernardo Library. Homa Massih Yazdani, who has lived in Rancho ...

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 9:45 p.m. UCLA’s commitment to celebrating and preserving Iranian music continues to expand. On Sunday, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music held a celebratory opening ...

Iran’s music community has been struck by the loss of three prominent figures from different generations and genres in the ...

Shaheen Samadi, 31, is a South Windsor native who celebrates his Iranian heritage through hip hop. Several years ago, he ...

Iranian Singer Omid Jahan passes away at 43. Hale Dan Dan singer, suffered a lethal heart attack at the Bam Date Festival and lost his life.

Toomaj Salehi, a dissident Iranian rapper, was sentenced to death earlier this week for releasing music critical of the government and in support of the 2022 protests in Iran. Salehi’s lawyer, Amir ...

In Iran, a popular rapper whose fiery lyrics helped galvanize an antigovernment movement among young people has been sentenced to death. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SUMMERS: Toomaj Salehi was charged with ...

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death by an Iranian revolutionary court over songs that criticized the Iranian government, according to his lawyer and state media. “An order for the ...