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"Soroode Zan" (Persian: سرود زن, lit. 'Woman's Anthem') is a song by Iranian singer and composer Mehdi Yarrahi. Composed by Yarrahi and written by Mona Borzouei, it is a protest song with musical composition of anthem style, released eighteen days after the Death of Mahsa Amini —which sparked a massive global protests all around the world— inspired by her death and its aftermath. Beginning with the "Woman, Life, Freedom" slogan, in the lyrics, the narrators are calling everyone to join them in the Mahsa Amini protests.[1][2][3][4]
| "Soroode Zan" | ||||
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| Song by Mehdi Yarrahi | ||||
| Language | Persian | |||
| English title | "Woman's Anthem" | |||
| Released | October 4, 2022 | |||
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| Length | 2:00 | |||
| Composer(s) | Mehdi Yarrahi | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Mona Borzouei | |||
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| "Woman's Anthem" on YouTube | ||||
The song was highly acclaimed by the Mahsa Amini protesters and was used many times as a protest anthem in the demonstrations, including on October 11, 2022, during the strikes the song was performed by the students of Tehran Art University, creating the word "blood" with the students shaping themselves.[5]
Although all the music platforms are banned in Iran and there isn't any copyright law, the song has 792 thousand streams on Spotify, 424 thousand views on YouTube, 259 thousand streams on Soundcloud and thousands of views and streams on other platforms, uploaded by unknown people illegally.
- ^ "اجرای سرود "زن، زندگی، آزادی" با حلقه خون در دانشگاه هنر تهران". iranianuk.com. October 23, 2022.
- ^ "دانلود آهنگ به نام تو که اسم رمز ماست مهدی یراحی". 10 October 2022.
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Soroode-Zan-Mehdi-Yarrahi/dp/B0BHCJ7V9D [bare URL]
- ^ "هنر انقلاب؛ "سرود زن" از مهدی یراحی برای معترضان در ایران". العربیه فارسی (in Persian). 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ iranianuk.com (2023). "اجرای سرود "زن، زندگی، آزادی" با حلقه خون در دانشگاه هنر تهران". iranianuk.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-01-08.