A music cafe in downtown Tehran complies with the ban on female singers during live shows, but not when playing records. On a recent afternoon, a blues recording featuring a soulful female ...

European and American expats mingled with Iranians in the neon glow of Tehran’s clubs, which pulsed with music by the Beatles and Iranian pop stars Hayedeh and Googoosh. Liquor wasn’t ...

Charhi, who plays a Mossad spy in the Israeli TV series “Tehran,” has remotely recorded music in the past with anonymous Iranian musicians. Her recent album, entitled “Roya” — fantasy in ...