The destruction of Honiak Music Academy shows the devastating impact of the US-Israeli war on Iran’s creative spaces.

Bands and orchestras have begun returning to the stage in Tehran, where musicians have struggled to find work since war with ...

Good news from Iran is hard to come by, a situation that has prevailed since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the ...

That's the question songwriter Rostam Batmanglij has been reflecting on in his new album, American Stories. Batmanglij, known mononymously as Rostam, was born and raised in the United States, but his ...