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https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/gettyimages-1243832845_wide-9b37ce5af2d6516851e5fbddf882bddda009e7f9-scaled.jpg25601440NPR's Scott Simon speak to Nahid Siamdoust, assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, about the role of rap in protests and political dissent in Iran.