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If the devil has the best tunes Behzad probably has a Persian podcast rights waiver from him. Behzad Bolour produces a : it's a youth programme and it contains music. And like most podcasters Behzad struggles with music licensing, but the difficulty he faces isn't the presence of music podcasting rules in Iran, but their absence.

Because Behzad's podcast originates in the UK he's subject to the available licenses offered by organisations like the Performing Rights Society. Licenses that for many podcasters are prohibitively expensive

Behzad's solution has been to ask the artists featured on his cast to waive their rights. (something many indie music podcasters already do) But obtaining these premissions to podcast hasn't been so easy. He's spent his own money travelling to LA and Tajikistan in persuit of the necessary waivers. And Behzad says the situation is made more difficult because Iran lacks a copyright culture for music. As a result, his requests are often greeted with suspicion by artists who wonder what he's asking for and why.

The lax rules also undermine the attractiveness of music podcasting. Many young Iranians take the music tracks they want straight from the web without paying. This makes it hard from them to see the point of a podcast with some music, but Behzad says, because of their political and religious leaders penchant for long-winded speeches, they aren't big fans of talk only podcasts either.