The Revolution Will Not Be Harmonized

Soundcheck | Aug 6, 2010

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proclaimed last week that music is incompatible with the values of the Islamic republic, and should not be taught or promoted in the country. Today: how state restriction of music in Iran has inspired a vast underground scene.

Guests include writer and religious scholar Reza Aslan and Atlantic Wire associate editor Max Fisher. And later: a member of the Iranian-Canadian band Blurred Vision talks about reworking Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” as an anti-Ayatollah anthem.

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