Iranian musician brutalized by Tehran hopes Grammys will save him: "My last chance"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : There is no neutrality in music-making in Iran, Rajabian said: "Everything here has to do with politics.
42% : Iranian dissident musician Mehdi Rajabian has been blacklisted, imprisoned, and suppressed by the regime in Tehran for making music
42% : "I experienced death," he told Newsweek from his home in Tehran, struggling against a poor internet connection.
40% : Your works are not for sale, concerts are forbidden, you cannot leave Iran."
37% : "Due to the ban and non-cooperation of studios in Iran, I spent more than nine months trying to complete it in a damp basement," Rajabian said.
37% : Rajabian is agitating amid a wave of conservative momentum in Iran.
29% : Rajabian has been banned from working in Iran and other musicians are scared to work with him.

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