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Tag: concerts
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Women barred from provincial stages as classical concert tours
The third leg of Shahram and Hafez Nazeri’s Persian classical music concert tour is set to kick off in Isfahan on May 19 and…
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Ministry follows Leader’s lead, bans campus concerts
The Cultural Department of the Ministry of Science has announced that based on the teachings of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s Supreme Leader, it…
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Pop musicians accuse ministry of prejudicial tastes
A group of Iranian pop music artists has written an open letter to President Hassan Rohani to protest their discriminatory treatment by the Ministry…
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Artists call for return of music concerts to Mashhad
A group of artists and musicians has written to the Governor of Khorasan Razavi, calling on him to cancel the ban placed on all…
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Iranian musicians band together against concert meddling
The Iranian music community has launched a campaign, calling on all musicians and music lovers to stand up against the cancellation of concerts and…
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Culture minister asserts authority over allowing concerts
Iranian Culture Minister Ali Jannati says no other government body or judicial official can interfere with the concert permits issued by his ministry. Jannati…
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Mashhad Imam comments on concert controversy
Mashhad’s Friday Mass Imam says he has little against music but added that since Mashhad is the site of the shrine of the eighth…
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Prosecutor cancels concert despite culture minister’s stance
A few days after the minister of culture stressed that his ministry will not surrender to pressure from extremist groups regarding concerts, Alireza Ghorbani’s…
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Culture minister slams groups stoking concert controversies
Iran’s culture minister says his ministry will not “succumb to arbitrary and self-appointed groups” in relation to music concerts. ISNA reports that Ali Jannati…