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An Iranian Grammy Award winner said on Monday he was pardoned from serving a three-year sentence over his song that became an anthem to to the 2022 protests that rocked the country following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. Shervin Hajipour, who was presented his Grammy in 2023 by US first lady Jill Biden, uploaded a video story on Instagram, looking overcome with emotion and saying: “A new order had been issued regarding amnesty, and it included my case which has been completely dismissed, adding he learned about the case dismissal on Sunday. Two months ago, Hajipour announced that…

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