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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Maziar Motamedi

Cancelled concert shows political, social rifts in Iran amid war tensions

Iranian authorities regularly use Tehran's Azadi Tower and its surroundings for state-organised events, with this image from February 2022 showing fireworks set off on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution [File: Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – By now, a celebrated Iranian singer was supposed to have performed a mega-concert at Tehran’s iconic Azadi Tower in a state-organised demonstration of national unity after the 12-day war with Israel.

But the much-hyped late Friday public concert by 50-year-old Homayoun Shajarian, a traditional vocalist and son of legendary Mohammad Reza Shajarian, was cancelled by the authorities after days of speculation.

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