Zahra Amir Ebrahimi

    An Iranian soap star may face the death penalty over a sex tape.

    Last year, a video of Ebrahimi and her boyfriend surfaced online and became a huge-selling DVD, a la 1 Night In Paris. Unlike Hilton, though, Ebrahimi may be facing dire consequences: Iran's parliament just passed a law that makes the production of porn a crime punishable by death.

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