Fact #37839
When:
Short story:
The Ayatollah Khomeini tells a mass gathering of his subjects in Teheran, Iran, Asia, that, "Music is no different from opium. Music affects the human mind in a way that makes people think of nothing but music and sensual matters ... Music is a treason to our country, a treason to our youth, and we should cut out all this music and replace it with something instructive."