“When you close your eyes for three months and you only hear sound, you just understand what the power of sound means,” he says. Rajabian says he was held in solitary confinement for three months, which was brutally difficult but inspired him as a composer. Upon his arrest, Rajabian was taken to Evin Prison, one of the country’s most notorious prisons, former detainees of which have reported experiencing torture, 24-hour interrogations, threats of dismemberment and being forced to eat dirt. Two years ago, the country’s Education Minister alleged that circulating videos of Iranian schoolchildren recreating a dance challenge were part of a “political plot” designed “ to create anxiety among the people.” Pop music is censored women can’t sing alone in front of non-related male spectators dances are deemed amoral.
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While these rules are not explicitly codified, they are enforced by bureaucrats who often crack down harder on women than men. Music in Iran has been tightly controlled since the country’s 1979 Revolution, when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini banned broadcast music and said it caused people to be “inactive and frivolous.” Since then, government entities like the Ministry of Islamic Guidance have laid out strict rules about music based on their interpretations of religious texts. “I believe in the freedom of music and the flag of freedom of music will be seen above the skies. “My opinion is that an artist must be a protester through all his or her body,” he says. Although the album may land him back in jail, Rajabian believes it is his moral and artistic duty to release it.
But fear hasn’t stopped Rajabian, 31, from moving forward: This week, his second album, Coup of Gods, arrives on streaming services Friday with appearances from two female American singers, despite the fact that the Iranian government has repeatedly warned him not to release it for the past two years.
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