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Freddie Mercury gets official seal of approval in Iran.(Not a Parody)
Iranian authorities approve of Rock band Queen's tunes that have social theme, leaving out love songs.
TEHRAN -- Rock band Queen, fronted by outlandish gay icon Freddie Mercury, has become the first rock band to be given the official seal of approval in Iran with the release of an album of their greatest hits, a source in the company that released the album said Monday.
Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991, was proud of his Iranian ancestry and supposed Zoroastrian origins, which made Queen one of the most popular bands in Iran, but Western music is largely frowned upon in the Islamic republic, where homosexuality is considered a crime.
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