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 ...

While Hajipour’s version of “Baraye” has been taken down from social media due to copyright issues, many versions of it can be heard online, including this English translation from Iranian ...

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 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 ...

An Iranian Grammy winner was ordered to write an anti-US song as punishment for his award-winning track, which slammed the Islamic regime, a human rights group said. Shervin Hajipour, 27, was ordered ...