"CNN and Hafez Nazeri 's sold out concert at Carnegie Hall Nov 2009"

New York (CNN) -- Diplomacy hasn't worked. Sanctions have achieved little. Relations between Iran and the United States are, at best, chilly. So why not try music?

On Saturday night, for the first time, Iranians were the headline performers at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall. A father and son from Iran led American musicians in a hybrid session of traditional Iranian and classical Western music.

Thirty-year-old Hafez Nazeri told CNN he was pleased to present "another dimension of Iran and Iranian culture to the Western people."

Nazeri, who now lives in the United States, said, "We hear mostly about the other side -- bloodshed, chaos -- and I wanted to be able to present the reality of our culture, which is about peace and love and unity."

Nearly 3,000 people, many of them Persians, flocked to Carnegie Hall for the concert. One patron said, "The message was completely obvious: Love all the way. Peace!"

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[hellyaaa23]

<3 <3 <3

[leilahedayat1984]

Hafez's work is amazing and we are proud of him and his dear father but why should Iranians try to prove to Americans that they are not evil? After all the despotic regime of Iran is the result of their conspiracies against our country. never mind, I'm happy to see them in Carnegie Hall.

[sdsd1342]

dozd musighi khejalt khejalat'

musighi FAROKHZAD LAYEGH ra dozdy kardan va be esm khod forokhtan

sharmat koajst dozd?

[sdsd1342]

dozd musighi khejalt khejalat

[Isabellenasrine]

Congratulations to Hafez.

[mamarut]

please do not involve in politic issues, if so please talk about kurdish issues, because your are Kurdish, MAMOSTA SHAHRAM, KAK HAFEZ, KAK HUSSIEN ZAHAWI.

[Lakposhth]

In che setari dare ? shekle gitar barghi hastesch.

[oceanbound222]

Izrael and US are the global terrorists