Musicians of the Iranian Revolution

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

During the heat of Iran's revolution the country's top musicians decided to join the popular uprising. After the massacre of demonstrators by the Shah's armed forces in Jaleh Square in September 1978, state employed musicians went underground and started recording revolutionary songs. These songs became some of the most iconic in recent Iranian history. In 2015 Golnoosh Golshani heard from Bijan Kamkar about the musicians of the revolution.

This programme is a re-broadcast.

(Photo: Bijan Kamkar, on the far left, with a group of Iranian musicians. Courtesy of Bijan Kamkar)

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0:35.4	Sounds.
0:36.4	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:40.9	My name's Linda Davies and I commissioned
0:43.0	podcast for BBC Sounds.
0:45.0	As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality,
0:49.0	featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.
0:54.4	What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,
1:00.9	poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories.
1:04.4	And that's just a few examples.
1:06.3	If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected,
1:09.4	find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. This is the Witness History Podcast from the BBC World Service and to
1:16.4	mark the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution we are bringing you stories from the Witness
1:20.8	archive. I'm Gouloucheshani and today I'm taking you back to the
1:25.2	height of the revolution when Iranian musicians joined the protests against the
1:29.7	monarchy. anarchy.
1:37.0	It's September 1978 and in Iran, demonstrations against the country's ruler, the Shah, are gathering momentum.
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