Inauguration of gallery Abbas Mehrpouya

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In the 1990s, officials of the new government decided to produce and promote a “decent” pop music, in order to compete with the abroad and unofficial sources of Iranian music. Ali Moallem (poet) and Fereydoun Shahbazian (musician) headed a council at the IRIB that supervised the revival of domestic pop music.

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