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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A video of Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, whose protest song "Baraye" received more than 40 million views within a day according ...

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The lead remix from the six-track project arrives today from Iranian producer Human Rias, with coming edits from Jan Blomqvist and more. By Lily Moayeri On Feb. 4, the evening prior to the 65 th ...

I’d never seen my 74-year-old mother cry like she did the day I played her, “Baraye,” the song written by Shervin Hajipour, in support of the Iranian protests that began last September following the ...

Iranian pop singer and songwriter Shervin Hajipour on Sunday won the first Grammy Award for Best Song for Social Change for his song “Baraye” which has become the unofficial anthem of the wave of ...

Last September, as protests spread across Iran following the death of 22-year-old activist Mahsa Amini, the musician Shervin Hajipour released a song in support of the movement, “Baraye.” The song ...

As Iran enters its third week of protests against the Islamic Republic, a de facto anthem has emerged. Titled “Baraye,” the song rings out at protests, blasts from cars in the streets of Tehran, and ...

Protests in Iran against the current regime inspired the filmmakers to make people in Tehran feel heard and seen. The short film raised over $4,500 for its production through a crowdfunding campaign. ...

Shervin Hajipour won in a new special merit category recognizing a song for social change. The song has become the anthem of protests that have swept through Iran in recent months. By Farnaz Fassihi ...