Jailed Iranian musician rebuffs regime's ban by releasing album about war and oppression
April 04, 2019 at 15:22 PM EDT
Mehdi Rajabian, 29, is on temporary bail from the brutality that lurks behind the walls of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison – but he wants the world to know the oppression and fear he and many more face at every moment under the iron thumb of the regime. His crime? A childhood love of music.