The other day I heard and saw this piece on the BBC World Service about Blurred Vision. A Toronto-based band whose cover of Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall, is being interpreted as a protest against Iran’s government. The band is made of up two brothers whose family fled Iran in the 1980s. In an interview with The Independent the brothers, Sepp and Sohl, reveal that they ’prefer to keep their full name secret to protect family members still in Iran’.

Sohl hopes that people in the west change their perceptions of Iran, “from being an Islamic republic bent on acquiring nuclear weapons to a country crying out for change like South Africa once was.” He says “It’s about bridging that gap between east and west. Hopefully this song will help a little with that.”

For a very interesting analysis of the Iranian ‘Elections’ of 2009 I recommend reading this series from The Interpreter. Especially this entry on the protests.  Another Brick In The Wall (Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone! is available for purchase on iTunes. Half of the proceeds will be donated to Amnesty International.