In Iran, people are not allowed to listen to Western music, let alone make it. But more than half of Iran's population is under 25 years old. So it's not surprising that young Iranians download music ...

Imagine a world where your vote doesn’t count, rock concerts and dancing are forbidden, and cultural expression is repressed. Imagine if your president banned all Western music from state-run airwaves ...

Since the beginning, there’s always been an element of rebellion attached to making rock and roll. Rarely, however, has such defiance meant facing jail time, paying fines or being publicly flogged.

I met Raam in 2007 when Hypernova first landed in the U.S. I profiled the band for NPR back then, because what's a better story than a rock band from the Islamic Republic of Iran, where it's illegal ...