Mehdi Rajabian
Mehdi Rajabian , Persian مهدی رجبیان(Born October 1989 in Sari ) is an Iranian composer and Setar musician.
Life
Rajabian learned Iranian music within a few years from traditional music masters. As a musician, composer and producer he took part in the production of several music albums and research albums such as B. "The History of Iran Told by Setar". As a sound engineer, he was involved in various music albums. Rajabian began studying music, but was not allowed to continue studying in this field after his arrest in 2013.
Activities and arrests
Mehdi Rajabian was involved in the publication and production of music albums as a publisher and quality manager. He also ran a website called Bargmusic for alternative Iranian music, which also offered a platform to other underground musicians in Iran. Rajabian, along with his independent filmmaker brother Hossein Rajabian and the composer and Setar musician Yousef Emadi, was arrested by Iranian security forces in his office on October 5, 2013 and taken to Section 2A of Evin Prison . All three spent more than two months in solitary confinement .
The arrest meant that he could not finish his project, the recording of the research album "History of Iran told by Setar as a musician". When he was arrested, all of his music recordings and hard drives were confiscated.
Reactions to the arrest
Many activists responded to Rajabian's arrest, including Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Director Said Boumedouha. A campaign for the release of the artist Rajabian followed, which was supported by more than twenty thousand artists around the world.
Also Free Muse , the world's most important organization in the fight against the persecution of musicians, launched a campaign against the imprisonment Rajabians. Several artists from around the world joined this campaign. In addition, PEN , the European Council for Artists , the Council for Songwriters and Composers of Europe and twenty other associations support the campaign. Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations Representative for Human Rights in Iran, prepared an annual report, which, along with letters from more than four hundred musicians and media representatives, was presented to Ali Jannati , Minister of Culture and Islamic Leadership.
Court ruling
Mehdi Rajabian's file was processed by Judge Moghiseh in Section 28 of the Revolutionary Court in the summer of 2015. He was sentenced to six years' imprisonment and a fine for illicit art, insulting religious sanctities, and advertising against the regime. That ruling was changed to three years 'imprisonment and three years' probation on appeal at Branch 54 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court .
Reactions of Rajabians
On Music Freedom Day, Freemuse and the official Music Freedom Day website supported the Rajabian protest movement. Rajabian reported on his Instagram page that he was selling his only fortune - his Setar - for the payment of the fine as part of his sentence. The Freemuse Foundation also supports the sale of the Rajabians instrument.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bamdad Esmaili: Iran's regime strikes with full force. Deutschlandradio Kultur, December 14, 2015, accessed on April 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Iranian Music Distributors Sentenced to Three Years in Prison ( en-us )
- ^ A b Underground Music Distributors Await Appeal Decision for Six Years in Prison ( en-us )
- ↑ a b c Iran: Two musicians and a filmmaker sentenced ( en-GB ) Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ↑ Iran: Music Is Not A Crime - Voice Project ( en-US )
- ↑ a b c Iran: Tortured filmmaker and musicians face imminent arrest amid crackdown on artists .
- ↑ IRGC Forces Arrest Music Distributors, Pressure Them to Confess on Television ( en-us )
- ^ Artists Sentenced to Prison .
- ^ 3 Artists Sentenced to Imprisonment and Fine by the Appeal Court of Tehran ( en-US )
- ↑ a b c Saeed Kamali Dehghan: Film-maker and two musicians face three years prison in Iran (en-GB) . In: The Guardian , March 24, 2016.
- ↑ Confirmed sentences. Retrieved April 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Iranian musicians, filmmaker at risk of arrest - Amnesty Urgent Actions .
- ↑ Iran: Quash six year prison sentences for three artists . Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ↑ Global Pop News 03.03.2016 - Global Pop News - Music - Funkhaus Europa - Radio - WDR. In: www1.wdr.de. Retrieved April 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Call on Iranian authorities to drop charges on two musicians and a filmmaker ( en-GB ) Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ↑ admin: Filmmaker and two musicians three years in prison in Iran | HotNews. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 26, 2016 ; Retrieved April 26, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Iran: 165 Iranian artists and activists protest charges against two musicians and a filmmaker ( en-GB ) Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ↑ Confirmed sentences. In: www.amnesty.de. Retrieved April 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Iran: Drop Charges Against Filmmaker and Musicians PEN International . Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ↑ Instagram photo by Mehdi Rajabian • Mar 2, 2016 at 7:34 pm UTC .
- ↑ MusicFreedomDay »Music Freedom Day: Musician sentenced to imprisonment sells instrument to pay fine .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rajabian, Mehdi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | مهدی رجبیان (Persian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian composer and Setar musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sari , Iran |