Although music is halal, promoting and teaching it is not compatible with the highest values of the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic… It’s better that our dear youth spend their valuable time in learning science and essential and useful skills and fill their time with sport and healthy recreations instead of music.

-Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

I read it here.

(I think there are plenty of people here that think the same way, really. Is this anything new or unusual?)