Judiciary Silent; Minister of Culture Echoes Security Claims Arrests and summons of journalists continue. But no official explanation for the arrests, where the journalists are being held or their conditions have been announced by judiciary officials. In contrast, pro-government newspapers have published their own charges against the journalists accusing them […]
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First Listen: Kayhan Kalhor, ‘I Will Not Stand Alone’
Looking back, looking ahead: In many ways, that’s long been Kayhan Kalhor’s natural starting point as an artist. One of the great masters of the ancient music of his native Iran, he is a virtuoso player of the kamancheh, a small, bowed, spike-ended fiddle. But he’s also led the way as one of Persian […]