NCRI – The Iranian regime’s judiciary officials prevented holding concerts in the city of Behshahr in Mazandaran province, northern Iran.
According to the state-run Fars news agency affiliated with Iranian Revolutionary Guards, a live concert by Hamid Askari, which was supposed to be held on September 17 in Hutu hall complex in the city of Behshahr was canceled by the regime’s officials.
Hamid Askari confirmed the news on his personal page and wrote: “I hope the day comes when authorities find out that music does not destroy people’s religion or belief but it is discrimination, corruption, embezzlement and bribery by the officials’ children that destroy our country. We do not expect that Rouhani (Iranian regime’s President) and his Minister of Culture do anything [about this issue] either. It seems that the issue of culture is Rouhani’s last concern.”
In addition, according to the state-run T-News news agency, Pasdar (Revolutionary Guard) Reyhani, commander of the IRGC’s Corps in the province of Kermanshah (western Iran), opposed holding concerts in the city and said: “Indecent actions, improper veiling, dancing, mixing strangers (of opposite genders) in concerts have created a public outcry and, of course, there are limits to the patience of the people and the revolutionary youths, and the monitoring and legal systems certainly will not remain indifferent to this situation.”
“Today, tolerating part of the vice in concerts in Kermanshah is not acceptable to the society. They should not assume that Kermanshah is a good place for cultural indifference and nonchalance,” he added.
