Iranian guitarist and singer Sharareh Farnejad of Iranian rock...

Iranian rock band Arian performs during the 23rd Fadjr ...
Getty Images;  December 24, 2007 ;     266 words ... ... KHADEMIAN Getty Images 12-24-2007 Iranian rock band Arian performs during the 23rd ... Festival ... Full Size JPG (961 KB) Iranian rock band Arian performs during the 23rd ... as part of a collaboration with the Iranian rock group. If the Islamic Republic gives ...

Article: Iranian rock group 127 sees SXSW an as opportunity.
The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  March 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... been a struggle. I don't know how much longer we can take this." On Saturday, the Tehran sextet will become the first Iranian rock band to perform in the United States, SXSW officials say. A milestone, considering President Bush calls Iran part of ...

Article: Iranian rock band wants gigs, not revolution.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  June 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... and the others got word that they were accepted at South by Southwest. Festival organizers billed it as the first time an Iranian rock band would perform in the United States since Iran's revolution. The band cobbled together enough money to fly to Dubai ...

Article: God-Worthy Pop: Iranian rock 'n' roll. ...
Reason;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...IN IRAN, NOT even public lashings have subdued a multi-million-dollar black market for pop music, banned there since theocrats took power 22 years ago. In such a controlled culture, even the most sugary Western pop tunes are deemed a potent political threat-and, of course, a moral one. So in recent

Article: Help Save U.S.-Based National Iranian TV!; Pro-Democracy and ...
Business Wire;  June 2, 2005 ;     450 words ... ... danger of being shut down. WHAT: After subsidizing NITV out of their own pockets for over five years, Zia Atabay, famed Iranian rock star and featured guest on such shows as "60 Minutes," "Crossfire," and CNN, plus his wife, Parvin, will have to ...

Article: Common Sense
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  March 7, 2003 ;     685 words ... ... Simon. It confirmed Islamic-Americans are protesting, outraged, and giving it a television voice. Zia Atabay, a former Iranian rock star who fled Iran after the overthrow of Shah Reza Pahlavi in 1979, started NI-TV in March 2000, with funds from his ...

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JAMES HOSSACK AND ALFONSO LUNA "PERSIAN...
Getty Images;  April 8, 2007 ;     238 words ... ... BY JAMES HOSSACK AND ALFONSO LUNA "PERSIAN CATS ROCK NEW YORK" Kodi (subjects did not want family names used) of the Iranian rock group Hypernova performs on guitar, 02 April 2007, in a club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York. The group ...