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Khruangbin Returns With 'Maria Tambien,' Celebrating Iran's Lost Female Artists

In the video for the first single off their new album, Con Todo El Mundo, the Texan trio celebrates Iranian women before the 1979 revolution.
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Between 1925 and 1979, Iranian women gained significant rights: access to education and employment, no requirement to wear a veil, the freedom to petition for divorce and child custody, campaign and who favor restoring women's liberty.

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