Jafar Panahi Iran. In April 2011 Time Magazine named Panahi number 3 in their list of the Top 10 Persecuted Artists who have challenged authority. In Spring 2011, Boston's American Repertory Theater and System of a Down's Serj Tankian dedicated their production of "Prometheus Bound" to Panahi and seven other activists, stating in program notes that "by singing the story of Prometheus, the God who defied the tyrant Zeus by giving the human race both fire and art, this production hopes to give a voice to those currently being silenced or endangered by modern-day oppressors". On 26 October 2012, Panahi was announced
The Race for Space (album) seems frightfully, stiflingly high-concept." He commented on the band's departure form the rock-centric sounds of "Inform-Educate-Entertain" to a more electronic sound, relating the band's move to the album's opening track, with John F. Kennedy's speech for "change and challenge". He also further praised the album's mood tonal shifts, and concluded the review by stating, "["The Race for Space"] is richly entertaining, immersive and evocative, orchestrated with fastidious care and feeling." In an extremely positive review for "State", Phil Udell praised the album, and its space race theme, as giving the band's sound "a new dimension". He comments lightly on "The