Molavi is also the author of "The Soul of Iran, " a book about Iran's middle class struggling to free itself, under intense economic and cultural restraints, from the control of the state.
Now 25, with 11 million albums sold world-wide and her own 2006 Grammy Award, Ms. Stone appears on the verge of returning to the charts with "Soul Sessions Vol. 2, " a reprise of her debut due Tuesday (and streaming free until then on iTunes).