...i sing holy holy...

The BBC has an article this morning about Arian, the first Iranian pop band to play publicly in Iran, allowed by the government.

I'm glad of this, it's a big step for Iranian music which has been stifled incessently since the revolution. The young people especially needed something like this. I only hope it's a sign of an emerging trend to permit more pop bands to play in Iran, and not just an isolated example of "bread and circuses" to keep the youth entertained to not cause so much trouble.