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Iran Bans Western Music on State-Owned Stations

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“President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned all Western music from Iran's state radio and TV stations–a throwback to the 1979 Islamic revolution, when popular music was outlawed as lsquo;un-Islamic’ under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.” (Washington Post [1], Tuesday)

A good reason not to have state-owned stations.

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“One Freedom” [2] by Russell Madden


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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR2005121901730.html

[2] “One Freedom”: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=3159

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