$100,000 bounty put on rapper from Iran

Devout Shia Muslims in Iran have placed a $100,000 (78,531 euros; £63,318) bounty on an Iranian rapper's head.

Shaheen Najafi's song, Naghi, is named after a Shia Imam and discusses issues surrounding sexuality, Islam and social prejudices in Iran.

Shaheen is now in hiding.

Karen Zarindast reports.

Video produced by BBC Persian's Aydin Salehi.