TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police have arrested five members of an underground band suspected of producing music for Farsi-speaking, dissident satellite channels based in the U.S.The semiofficial Fars news agency quotes senior police official Col. Sadeq Rezadoost as saying the band was producing songs for Los Angeles-based Iranian singers and providing videos to Farsi-speaking, dissident TV channels.The Wednesday report says the five have been handed over to the judiciary for trial. It did not name the band.Women-only groups are banned in Iran, and Western music is rejected as "decadent." Many Iranians turn to underground bands to get bootleg videos of foreign-based singers.Contact with foreign-based dissident media outfits is also banned in Iran. Read the full article...
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amirparvizforsecularmonarchy – One of the most humorous things in the world; is the notion that Americans are a greater force for good & more civilized than Nazi's, Mullahs and Communists.
ReportI'm thinking most Iranians have figured out they made a mistake in 1979 in betraying an amazing king and life with the late shah was closer to paradise. Anti-monarchists are so busted and caught red handed. The people are being so badly raped and manhandled by those they brought to power they don't really have the opportunity to express themselves honestly. The Younger generation is already done with this pain and suffering they are being subjected to and many of the older generation are too stupid to admit what everyone else on the planet already knows.