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<p>Yes, even Islamic theocratic republics <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-09/irans-hottest-porn-video/">have them</a>:</p>
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<p>Like many online scandals in the West, it involves a model. Not Paris Hilton, but a supposed model of virtue: a cleric.</p>
<p>In the video—for weeks voted the top story on Balatarin.com (an Iranian version of Digg.com)—a robed cleric is caught on a hidden camera in a private room. He walks to the door to let a chador-clad woman enter. “Nobody saw you come in, did they?” he asks her lightheartedly. As she removes her chador, he continues in the same tone: “Want to do some Nasnas?”</p>
<p>Iranians know Nasnas as a mythological monster. What the cleric means by “do some Nasnas” is clarified by what happens next in the clip. Americans have a similar expression: the beast with two backs.</p>
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<p>For an even bigger sex-tape scandal from Iran, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_sex_tape_scandal">read this Wikipedia page</a>.</p>
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