Young Iranian singer-songwriter Shervin Hajipour (or Haji Aghapour) who was blacklisted and arrested (and released on bail) in 2022 after his single "Baraye" (For the sake of) became the anthem of the "Woman, life, freedom" protest movement in Iran (following the death of Mahsa ...
Iranian rapper Amir Tataloo, real name Amirhossein Maghsoudloo, known for sexually explicit Persian hip hop songs and openly promoting narcotics, has been accused by several women of rape, sexual and physical abuse, drug peddling, and forced detention. Amin Fardin, an ...
Cultural and Entertainment Blog, Kodoom.com: /Recently, exiled Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo who has been accused of sexual misconduct, issued a mea culpa video, in which he apologized for any sexual misconduct and blamed the misogynistic culture promoted by Iran's Islamic ...
Culture and Entertainment Blog, Kodoom.com /Gholamreza Kuwaitipour, one of Iran's most popular revolutionary crooners has upset authorities and militant conservatives in a joint performance with Parichehr, a 13 year old female rapper, singing about "Good old happy times that we ...
Entertainment and Culture News Blog, Kodoom.com /Saudi Arabia is not known to easily issue visas to Iranians and now has even stopped issuing pilgrimage visas. But now according to Arab News, Saudi investors have invited seven exiled Iranian pop musicians (Shahram Shabpareh, Leila ...
Culture and Entertainment Blog, Kodoom.com Editorial /NIYAZ is perhaps the only Iranian-descent group which has been described by the Huffington Post as "an evolutionary force in contemporary Middle Eastern music" and featured so often in Hollywood blockbusters such as The Matrix, ...
Entertainment and Culture News Blog, Kodoom.com /It looks like Trump's new visa policy against Iranians has impacted Persian Rock'n Blues band, Karmandan, founded in 2008 by accomplished Iranian Armenian American musician and instrumentalist Erwin Khachikian./Karmandan's ...
Entertainment and Politics News Blog, Kodoom.com /With the 2020 Grammy Awards - plagued by allegations of sexual misconduct and vote rigging - falling on the same year as the upcoming U.S. presidential election, it’s no surprise that political dressing took over the red carpet at ...
Health, Science and Culture News Blog, Kodoom.com /A young Iranian doctor and Setar player has been appointed by the prestigious Imperial College in London as Head of School of Medicine. Dr. Amir Hossein Sam, a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at Hammersmith and Charing ...
Entertainment and Culture News Blog, Kodoom.com /For the first time ever, an Iranian American is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The [http://www.walkoffame.com/pages/press Hollywood Chamber of Commerce] has announced that Iranian-Armenian-American pop music star ...
