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Happy Nowruz!
Here's a YouTube clip of Googoosh singing "Makhloogh", a Persian love song, on the occasion of the Iranian New Year today. (Thanks to Bahram9821)
TIME caught up with the legendary Iranian singer and ex-film star, who is still very popular with Iranians inside and outside Iran, a few Nowruzs ago. Read the story and the Q&A.
--By Scott MacLeod/Cairo
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