Mon, 19 Dec 2005

Western music banned in Iran

I wonder if Kim Jong Il is feeling less lonely these days? It would appear that he's no longer the only certified wingnut in charge of minor world power with nuclear aspirations.

Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned Western music from Iran's radio and TV stations, reviving one of the harshest cultural decrees from the early days of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

(link) [CNN.com]

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