Shahin Najafi

[1] Najafi's songs mostly deal with issues such as theocracy, poverty, sexism, censorship, child labor, execution, drug addiction and homophobia.

[6] Tapesh 2012 were welcomed by Persian broadcasters and the international media by political and social songs and poems of Najafi.

The purpose of this group is to attempt to collect signatures and present it on the anniversary of Human Rights (10 December) to Parliament of Europe in Brussels.

[8]On 1 May 2008, Najafi released his first studio album, Ma mard nistim (We Are Not Men), with the partnership and composition of the Tapesh 2012 music band.

The supervisor of Tapesh 2012 later apologized to Najafi and stated: the song had been inadvertently released in Voice of America TV.

The new band, Antikarisma, consists of Najafi, Babak Khazaei, Armin Mostaed, and Pejman Afshari, who live in Germany.

"),[16][17] Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani, a then 93-year-old Shi’ite cleric based in Qom, issued a fatwa death sentence against Najafi for apostasy.

[18] Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi, a "source of emulation" for many Shia Muslims, also issued a fatwa declaring Najafi guilty of apostasy.

[19] As of 15 May 2012, more than 800 people in Islamic republic regime had joined a Facebook campaign calling for Najafi to be executed, saying they were ready to assassinate him if necessary.

[23] In June 2012, forty authors of the Rah-e Nikan religious publishing house promised to give royalties from their books to whoever killed Najafi.

[25] In an interview,[26] Najafi stated that he was inspired by "The Campaign to Remind Shiites about Imam Naghi" to compose the song.

In addition to individual work in his concerts and campaign songs, Najafi had many performances on various political and social occasions.