When Iranian musician Shervin Hajipour sang about young Iranians’ desire “for a normal life” and “for freedom”, he had little idea his words would become a manifesto for anti-regime demonstrators.
But the 25-year-old musician’s use of social media to highlight Iranian protests over the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police quickly went viral.
The video on his Instagram page was viewed more than 40mn times in two days and earned him one week’s detention in an Iranian prison before his release on bail. He was widely seen to be articulating the concerns of a younger generation, who want a modern lifestyle and do not identify with the ruling theocracy.
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