Lian bandleader Mohsen Sharifian performs neyanban during a concert at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on May 10, 2016. The band performs Bushehri music, a branch of Bandari music, which is common in Iran’s Persian Gulf coastal cities. (Tasnim/Mohammad Hassanzadeh)

Lian bandleader Mohsen Sharifian performs neyanban during a concert at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on May 10, 2016. The band performs Bushehri music, a branch of Bandari music, which is common in Iran’s Persian Gulf coastal cities. (Tasnim/Mohammad Hassanzadeh)