Liraz Charhi, the Israeli-Iranian singer and star of the Mossad spy TV series "Tehran", talks about the secret mission that brought together Israeli and Iranian musicians to create her new album "Roya", in tribute to the protesters in Iran. Meaning "Fantasy" in Persian, it was recorded with artists from Tehran in Istanbul earlier this year in a basement over 10 days. The Iranian musicians could have been arrested for the collaboration, so Liraz only told her family the day before she left. Not even her manager believed it would actually happen.
The Islamic Republic forbids Iranians from having any ties with Israel, a country Iran considers an enemy. Liraz tells Eve Jackson about being on a real-life covert mission and what it means for her music to be used as the soundtrack to the protests.
