Via WaTi:
Musical instruments were shown live on Iranian state television for the first time in decades — for 10 seconds — and the airing has caused a religious controversy in the capital.
“[The] spell … was finally broken,” the reformist daily Sharq newspaper ran its front page, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The incident occurred on a show called “Good Morning Iran,” and now producers are calling the airing a technical error, according to the Times.
Normally, singers are not allowed to stand in front of musical instruments so that the cameras won’t pick up the taboo objects. When the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) is forced to cut away, stock images of the studio or nature are usually shown.