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Iranian American Guest Performs on Germany's 'The Voice'

by VOA Persian

   The German version of the television show The Voice had a special guest
   Saturday on its final episode of the season.

   Rana Mansour, an Iranian American singer, performed the protest song
   For, (Baraye) a song dedicated to Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian
   woman who died recently after being arrested by Iranian police. Amini
   was detained for wearing her headscarf "improperly."

   Mansour performed the song in English so that it could be understood by
   an international audience.

   Demonstrators have taken to the streets across Iran since Amini's
   death, protesting not only her death, but the restrictions that many,
   especially women, face in Iran.

   At the end of her performance, Mansour held up her fingers in the
   Victory sign and said, "Woman, life, freedom," a phrase chanted by
   Iranian protesters.

   Mansour received a standing ovation.