Iran: Rule banning musical instruments on TV is broken

So Arabs don't allow musical to be shown on TV?...WTH??


"Iran's Channel One television has caused a sensation by showing musical instruments on screen for the first time in 30 years, it's reported.

Some Shia Muslim clerics say broadcasting music is at odds with the religion, and Iran has adopted a curious policy of broadcasting concerts but not showing the instruments - often replacing them with pictures of flowers. Strangely, TV aimed at Iranians abroad does show instruments.

There is confusion over whether Channel One intended to break the taboo or simply made a mistake in showing traditional musicians performing a tribute to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad on the anniversary of his birth - a public holiday in Iran."

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