Iran Music Video Special: The Award-Winning "Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone"

In February, just before the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, we posted a music video by an Iranian group, Blurred Vision, "Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone".

Well, this morning the BBC's flagship radio programme, Today, followed up the story. The music video, a reworking of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall", had won a special commendation at the Soho Shorts film festival. "Sepp" and "Sohl", two of the band members, offered insights into the music and the politics, including this revealing exchange:

EVAN DAVIS: [The BBC] has not been covering the post-election furour in much detail lately. What's actually going on at the moment? There's obviously a lot of discontent: is it manifesting itself in any way?

SEPP & SOHL: It hasn't stopped. It's sort of lacked a little bit of the momentum because the repression has become so much [stronger] and grows on a daily basis.

There's so much talk about nuclear advancements. Our goal is to talk about the human rights issue.

(The full four-minute interview can be found at this BBC location, just after the 1:45:00 mark.)

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