Thursday

30 November 2009

The newly reinstated head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting said less music and no makeup are among the new changes to be made at IRIB. Ezatollah Zarghami also said that the state broadcaster would focus on fighting a soft war.

"The first thing to consider is music," he said. "It appears that too much music is being used in all programs and this must be remedied.... We must sift through the music we have and reduce it [its usage]."

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