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Provocative music video leads to arrests in Iran

Iran has arrested two music producers for working on Sasan Heidari Yafteh's new music video, "Tehran Tokyo."
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Iran has arrested two music producers accused of working with a US-based Iranian pop singer whose risqué music video has caused outrage in the conservative Middle East country, the Associated Press reports. 

In the music video for his song “Tehran Tokyo," Sasan Heidari Yafteh, also known as Sasy, is shown dancing with popular American porn actress Alexis Texas and other scantily dressed backup dancers. 

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