Not for Prime Time - Music Video With Iran's President - NYTimes.com TEHRAN - It might not make MTV, but a music video surfaced Wednesday honoring Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, and showing him alongside musical instruments - which are banned on state television - and women singing. The video is called "Nosafar" ("New Traveler") after a sentence by the legendary Persian poet Hafez that translates as "the road ahead is long and I am a new traveler." Shot in black and white, it shows Mr. Rouhani addressing the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at his inauguration in August, with Iranians in a split screen speaking and singing the president's words. The video was released only on Iranian social media and YouTube, where it got around 400,000 views in 24 hours, said its director, Hossein Dehbashi. Video by President Rouhani The text focuses on Iran's greatness, and includes mention of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, toppled in 1953 in a coup organized by the C.I.A. It also speaks of change. "I feel the weight of these votes and this endorsement," Mr. Rouhani says in the video, with Iranians echoing him. I seek refuge in God and God alone. May God assist you. Tomorrow is definitely bright. "We made the video for free, but Mr. Rouhani's office has signed off on it," Mr. Dehbashi said. The video has yet to be shown on state-run television, which is controlled by Mr. Rouhani's hard-line opponents, but can be seen on Mr. Rouhani's personal website, Rouhani.ir. Mr. Dehbashi acknowledges certain similarities between the Rouhani video and the "Yes We Can" video from President Obama's 2008 campaign, but said there were many videos that had people reciting famous speeches. In 2010 Mr. Dehbashi spent two months in the Supermax prison in Baltimore, where he was interrogated by the F.B.I., officially over his residence papers; Mr. Dehbashi cited political reasons. He also directed Mr. Rouhani's campaign video. There is a thriving music video clip industry in Iran, where pop singers tape songs the state television's censors will never play. Instead the videos are broadcast in Iran by foreign Persian-language music channels.