Niavaran resides’ protest against the voice of Sirvan Khosravi’s concert with petitions and numerous letters to official authorities eveually canceled the performance. It is said that after the concert was coroversial, there have been pressure from the Ministry of Heritage to cancel the performances.
Babak Rezaei, Director General of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, explained the reasons for the cancellation of the concert:
From the beginning, the Niavaran Palace’s outdoor license was issued after the necessary inquiries and approved by the releva agencies, and there was no problem to start the implemeation. But after the first few nights, locals protested the program.
According to Rezai, resides of the area in the form of numerous petitions and correspondence have expressed concerns about problems such as traffic, voice and crowds to the Music Bureau, the Tehran Guidance Office, the Art Departme and other authorities.
He added:
In the first two or three nights, we tried to satisfy the resides by reducing the volume of sound and changing the holding time to coinue the concert according to the tickets sold by October 3rd; But in the end we failed to satisfy the resides.
Rezai emphasized at the end:
Due to the problems caused by Niavaran resides, the license will not be issued in the same area from the same exte. People’s comfort and comfort for the music office is a priority.
