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Ahmadinejad Orders 'Relaxing, Revolutionary' Music
December 19, 2005
Iranian youths in a Tehran music store (file photo) (epa)
Iranian newspapers published on 19 December quote Ahmadinejad as saying in a presidential decree that the stress should be put on authorized and classical Iranian music.
Also prescribed are "relaxing themes and memorable music from the revolution."
In recent years, Iranian radio and television have broadcast shows with techno rhythms and instrumental versions of Western pop music.
(AFP)