Barg Music

Barg Music (Persian : برگ موزیک an acronym for بنیاد رسمی گزارش موسیقی : Official Foundation for Music Reports). is the name of a website and a company engaged in recording and introducing music founded in 2007 by Mehdi Rajabian, composer and setar player, in Iran. This website which was in two English and Persian languages offered music tracks in cyberspace, and played a great role in producing and offering alternative music albums in Persian. In fact, it can be regarded as one the most impressive sources of producing and publishing modern and different types of music in Persian during its activity.[1][2][3]

Barg Music
Type of site
MUSIC
Founded2007 - 2013
Headquarters
TEHRAN
,
IRAN
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Mehdi Rajabian
IndustryMUSIC

Arrestment and Seizure of the Website Domain

Barg Music was seized and forced to cease its activities on Oct. 05, 2013, after its administrator and founder, Mehdi Rajabian, was arrested by the intelligence agency of Iran. Mehdi Rajabian was accused of cooperating with the legally unauthorized singers who are called underground singers in Iran. He was also accused politically and of publishing the voice of women singers who are legally forbidden from singing as per the Islamic laws of Iran.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

References
  1. Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (2016-06-06). "Three jailed in Iran for distributing underground music". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  2. "Mehdi Rajabian, a musician and founder of BargMusic".
  3. "A jailed Iranian musician texts from his hospital bed: Don't forget me". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  4. "Iran: Tortured filmmaker and musicians face imminent arrest amid crackdown on artists". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  5. "Artists Sentenced to Prison". Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  6. "Underground Music Distributors Await Appeal Decision for Six Years in Prison". International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  7. "A jailed Iranian musician texts from his hospital bed: Don't forget me". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  8. "UN: "Artistic expression is not a crime" – Special Rapporteurs urge the Iranian government to free jailed artists". Freemuse. 2016-06-24. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  9. "Iran: Music Is Not A Crime - Voice Project". Voice Project. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  10. Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (2016-06-06). "Three jailed in Iran for distributing underground music". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
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