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That's the sound from an Instagram video in which a young Iranian man, 26-year-old Erfan Soltani,
who owns a clothes shop just west of Tehran,
has seen driving his car sunglasses on while nodding along to some rap music.
At the end, he makes a V for victory sign and smiles at the camera.
Well, F.
Anzaltani was arrested for taking part in anti-government protests.
And now, according to his family, he's been sentenced to death, possibly as soon as today.