DEFIANT IRANIAN FILM SPOTLIGHTS CRACKDOWN ON FEMALE SINGERS
(Parisa Sohbati and Will Tizard’s article appeared on Radio Liberty/ Radio Free Europe, 8/22.) An unauthorized Iranian film released for free on YouTube is stirring debate by openly challenging restrictions on women singing and Iran’s compulsory hijab rules. Bidad, or Outcry, directed by Soheil Beiraghi, was made without government approval and features the voice of […]