Shervin Hajipour is an Iranian pop star who wrote a Grammy Award-winning anti-regime protest anthem. The 27-year-old has been jailed and ordered to write a new song.
He has been ordered to write an anti-American song. Hahipour’s song won a Grammy, presented in absentia by Jill Biden. (Democrats are invited to participate in award shows.) The song tells the story of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian woman who was beaten and jailed for not wearing a hijab. She died in jail from injuries she received when she was arrested. The song has become the anthem of Iran’s nationwide protests. It is titled “Baraye”, or “For” in English.
On Friday, the day of elections in Iran, Hajipour’s sentence of three years and eight months in prison was announced. He was charged with ‘inciting unrest against national security’, ‘spreading propaganda against the system’, and ‘encouraging people to…
