History of Iran Narrated by Setar
| History of Iran Narrated by Setar | ||||
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 Mehdi Rajabian playing a setar | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | Banned by Iranian government | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2013 | |||
| Genre | Iranian classical music | |||
| Label | Barg | |||
| Producer | Mehdi Rajabian | |||
| Mehdi Rajabian chronology | ||||
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History of Iran Narrated by Setar is an unreleased studio album by Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian, in which he interprets his nation's history using the traditional Persian stringed instrument called a setar. Rajabian researched the sounds of different parts of Iran in order to record the album. He began recording songs for the project in 2011, but in 2013, he was arrested, and his studio hard drives were confiscated.
Confiscation and arrest[edit]
On 5 October 2013, the security forces of Iran shut down Rajabian's recording studio and confiscated the hard drives containing material he had recorded. The artist was subsequently arrested, together with his brother and the studio's manager, and imprisoned.[1] Rajabian was eventually charged with producing and distributing unlicensed music and "spreading propaganda against the regime".[2][3][4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "IRGC Forces Arrest Music Distributors, Pressure Them to Confess on Television". iranhumanrights.org. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Film-maker and two musicians face three years prison in Iran". theguardian.com. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Iran: 165 Iranian artists and activists protest charges against two musicians and a filmmaker". Freemuse. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Iran: Drop Charges Against Filmmaker and Musicians PEN International". www.pen-international.org. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Iran: Music Is Not a Crime – Voice Project". Voice Project. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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