Iran has grown increasingly worried that its state-sponsored propaganda is losing its effectiveness. According to a recent New York Times report, the regime has decided to do away with the traditional burning of Israeli and American flags, and is turning to new, edgy mediums to get its message across to the youth, such as rap music.

A new music video released by popular Iranian rapper Amit Tataloo features him singing, "It is our right to have an armed Persian Gulf," while dancing on an Iranian Navy missile boat. He is surrounded by immaculate, armed soldiers, who alternate between standing at attention and singing along.

The video is peppered with people holding up banners reflecting the official government line, such as 'peaceful nuclear energy for everyone'.

The move towards rap music marks a change for the Islamic nation, where rap music is officially illegal. Tehran's police chief Hossein Sajedinia had launched an operation in 2010 to stop 'morally deviant music', arresting hundreds of people suspected in participating in music videos and rap music production.

Iranian authorities also put an entire rap group behind bars in 2014, after a video they made of themselves dancing to Pharrell Williams hit single 'Happy' went viral. The regime ordered them beg the nations forgiveness on national television, or they would face 6 months in prison and 91 lashes.