Iranians unfazed by president's ban on Western music on radio and television

AP Worldstream | December 20, 2005| | Copyright

ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-20-2005
Dateline: TEHRAN, Iran
Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's ban on Western music fell on deaf ears Tuesday, as shop owners and music enthusiasts in the Iranian capital continued selling, buying and listening to everything from Hip Hop to country rock.

"This president speaks as if he is living in the stone age. This man has to understand that he can't tell the people what to listen and what not to listen," said Mohammed Reza Hosseinpour as he browsed through a Tehran music shop.

The shop's owner said he didn't expect the ...

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