In Iran, protest music has become a lifeline for those resisting the regime’s brutality and reclaiming cultural identity. Songs like Mehdi Yarrahi’s “Auschwitz” challenge state antisemitism and ...

In the 1950s, Younes Dardashti, a Jewish man from Tehran’s Jewish ghetto, became one of Iran’s most celebrated singers. As the country underwent rapid secularization under the Shah, Jewish communities ...