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Iranian Rapper Shanin Najafi Faces Death Threats for Song Deemed Insult
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From his safe house, Shahin Najafi fears a fatwa over his single’s nod to a Shiite icon. By Omid Memarian.
Omid Memarian
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May 12 2012
4:45AM EDT
Photo courtesy of Shahin Najafi
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