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Iranian Grammy Award winner Shervin Hajipour has announced that he has been pardoned after receiving a sentence of almost four years in March for producing “music against the system.” “I thank the judicial authorities and the people,” Hajipour, 27, posted on Instagram. Hajipour touched millions of people worldwide with his ballad “Baraye” (“For”) during demonstrations triggered in the autumn of 2022 by the death of Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police for failing to wear her hijab properly. He was detained shortly after its released and forced to apologize. The song was su…

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