History of Iran Narrated by Setar

History of Iran Narrated by Setar is a musical album being produced by Mehdi Rajabian. In this album the history of Iran has been played (narrated by setar) in multiple tracks by Mehdi Rajabian's specialized instrument, Setar. The musical pieces in this album are inspired by the historical atmosphere of Iran; the composer has done field research and recorded the sounds of different parts of Iran in order to create this album.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

History of Iran Narrated by Setar
Mehdi Rajabian playing se'tar
Studio album by
Mehdi Rajabian
ReleasedBanned by Iranian government
Recorded2011 up to now, stopped in 2013
GenreIranian classical music
Length55 min
LabelBarg Music
ProducerMehdi Rajabian

The album's confiscation and the banning

On 5 October 2013, the security forces of Iran shut down the studio owned by Mehdi Rajabian, and banned his album and confiscated all the hard drives that contained its music tracks. The mentioned have not been returned to him to this day. On the day of arrest, Mehdi Rajabian was playing a piece called "War of Chaldaran".[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][2][19][20][21]

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