In response to Ahmadinejad calling Mousavi supporters “brushwood and thorns” at the victory rally Monday, Iran’s most famous classical musician has ordered that Iranian government television/radio never play his music again. Mohammad Reza Shajarian told BBC Persian in an interview:

“Don’t broadcast my voice on Seda va Sima [IRIB Music channel] ever again: my voice is like brushwood and thorns, and it will forever remain brushwood and thorns!”

The line has also angered Iran’s top conservatives. “Habibollah Askaroladi, a member of Iran’s Expediency Council, has said that no person created by God can be called ‘brushwood and thorns.’ Askaroladi is a member of the central committee of the Islamic Coalition Party, one of the main conservative parties in Iran.”