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Playlist compiled by <\/em>BeeHype.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ongoing protests, strikes and closures in Iran \u2013 sparked by the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on September 16 \u2013 are about to enter their fourth month. The demonstrations were initially led by women and now include people from all walks of life: schoolchildren, factory workers, truckers, drivers, even shopkeepers. A<\/strong>ccording to the Norway-based NGO, Iran Human Rights, at least 458 people, including 63 children and 29 women, have been killed in the nationwide protests.<\/strong> IHR received a high volume of reported deaths, which it continues to investigate despite the security situation and internet disruptions in Iran. By its estimations, the actual number of people killed is believed to be far higher.<\/p>\n At the time of writing, two protestors Majidreza Rahnavard and Mohsen Shekari, both 23, were the first protestors executed\u00a0 \u2014 by hanging. The young men were accused of moharebeh<\/em>, \u201cwaging war against God.\u201d Other protestors have been sentenced to death for efsad-fil-arz<\/em>, \u201ccorruption on earth.\u201d The Islamic Republic withholds the names of demonstrators who have been sentenced to death, and denies them access to a lawyer, which contravenes the country\u2019s own Shari\u2019a law for people facing the death penalty.<\/p>\n Recently Javaid Rehman, special rapporteur on Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, told the U.N. that over 14,000 people have been arrested in Iran in the past six weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cZan<\/em>, Zendegi<\/em>, Azadi<\/em>\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n (woman, life and freedom, Persian) and in Kurdish, \u201cJin<\/em>, Jian<\/em>, Azadi,<\/em>\u201d were some of the first slogans chanted in the streets. Songs, hymns and anthems also bolstered the protests. Some have been sung in public to amplify hope and courage; others listened to in times of solitude and grief. Many of these songs have gone viral, and their writers, singers and rappers have not gone unnoticed by the Islamic regime. Figures from the House of Music (the Iranian Musicians\u2019 Union) show at least 21 musicians have been detained by the authorities<\/strong>, including the orchestra conductor Mahmoud Mirzaie<\/a>, world-renowned classical percussionist Navid Afqah<\/a> and dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi<\/a>.<\/p>\nText by Malu Halasa & BeeHype<\/h4>\n