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The underground musician, 36, had been residing in Istanbul since 2018 earlier than Turkish police handed him over to Iran in December of final 12 months. (File Image/X)
His lawyer Elham Rahimifar stated Tataloo was handed a number of “short and long” jail phrases, with out elaborating
An Iranian court docket has sentenced well-liked singer and rap artist Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, often called Tataloo, to jail for disseminating “obscene content”, state media reported Sunday.
The underground musician, 36, had been residing in Istanbul since 2018 earlier than Turkish police handed him over to Iran in December of final 12 months. He has been in detention in Iran since then.
His lawyer Elham Rahimifar stated Tataloo was handed a number of “short and long” jail phrases, with out elaborating.
The sentences may be appealed, Rahimifar instructed state-run newspaper Jam-e Jam.
Later, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan Online web site stated Tataloo was given a three-year sentence for “blasphemy”.
Mizan stated he was dealing with different costs, with out elaborating.
Under Iranian regulation, jail sentences run concurrently.
The trial in opposition to Tataloo started in March on costs of selling “prostitution” and disseminating “propaganda” in opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran and different “obscene content”.
The closely tattooed singer, identified for combining rap, pop and R&B, was beforehand courted by conservative politicians as a option to attain younger, liberal-minded Iranians.
He even held an ungainly televised assembly in 2017 with ultra-conservative Ebrahim Raisi who’s now Iran’s president.
In 2015, Tataloo printed a music in assist of Iran’s nuclear programme as a landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers was unravelling.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated news company feed – AFP)
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