Things look up for rappers in Iran after in an unprecedented move the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance granted a permit to a rap album for the first time. In recent years, rap music has grown in popularity with Iranian youth and its impossible for culture officials to brush aside its underground growth. After the Government of Prudence ...

According to Guardian, Shahin Najafi, a Germany-based Iranian singer, recently released a song with references to Ali al-Hadi al-Naqi, the tenth of the 12 Shia Muslim Imams, a religious figure highly respected by millions inIran. Thecontroversial clip posted on Youtube, watched by hundreds of thousands online, has divided opinions in the country with ...