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Rap is winning over fans in Iran – though the country’s authorities are generally not among them.

One of the country’s best known rappers is “HichKas” and he’s never even put out an official CD.

Hichkas: photo Roxana SaberiHichkas: photo Roxana Saberi

Roxana Saberi has his story from Tehran.

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