Bon Jovi has released a song to support Iran's protestors.

They wouldn't be allowed to perform in Iran, but singers Joan Baez and Jon Bon Jovi are showing their support for protesters.

In videos carried on YouTube, the artists perform songs - with a few lines in Farsi - that call for peace.

Bon Jovi sings Stand By Me alongside Armenian-Iranian pop star Andy Madadian.

The New Jersey rocker adds, in surprisingly good Farsi, the line: "Hand in hand, with one voice, you and me, countryman, your pain, my pain, be with me."

Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora provides the licks in the video, which opens with an image of Bon Jovi holding a sign that reads "We are all one" in Farsi.

AP