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Who's Shervin Hajipour, Iranian singer who won Grammy for Best Song for Social Change?

Grammy Awards 2023

February 06, 2023

Who's Shervin Hajipour, Iranian singer who won Grammy for Best Song for Social Change?

Shervin Hajipour received the song for 'Beraye', which became the protest anthem against the Iranian regime in 2022.

January 29, 2023
Strong quake in northwest Iran kills at least three people

The quake had a magnitude of 5.9 and it struck northwest region of the country.
January 05, 2023
Iran releases Oscar-winning film actor held over protests

Taraneh Alidoosti, the 38-year-old star of Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-winning 2016 film, The Salesman, was released on bail.
December 28, 2022
Iranian chess player competes without hijab

Sara Khadem competed at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, without the hijab - a headscarf mandatory under Iran's strict dress codes.
December 18, 2022
Iran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie

The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie The Salesman, was detained on Saturday, a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently executed for crimes allegedly committed during the protests.
December 14, 2022
Iran likely to be ousted from UN women's body

Several countries are expected to abstain from the vote requested by the United States
December 12, 2022
Mahsa Amini death: Second Iranian prisoner executed over alleged protest crime

Activists warn that at least a dozen people already have been sentenced to death in closed-door hearings. At least 488 people have been killed since the demonstrations began in mid-September.

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