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| Militia runs pop group out of town... |
| 2002-10-03 |
| An Iranian pop group performing in the central city of Isfahan has been attacked by a hardline militia and driven out of town. The Hayat-e-no newspaper said the popular Tehran-based band, Aryan, was forced to cut short a performance in the historic city after police said they "were unable to guarantee their security. "They had permission from the ministry of culture, and we support any program authorised by the ministry," Afshin Haghighat, an Isfahan police official, told the paper. "They were attacked several times ... but the security forces finally managed to help them leave the city." Cultural criticism among the Medes and the Persians: tar, feathers, rails... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |