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Tehran’s First Criminal Court has sentenced the popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to death on appeal after he was convicted of blasphemy for “insulting Prophet Muhammad”, according to Iran International. The case was reopened after the prosecutor rejected the original verdict to sentence Tataloo to 5 years of imprisonment.
Tataloo, the 37-year-old musician is famous, particularly among young audiences for openly expressing his political statements in his music. Tataloo’s supporters argue that the government’s attempts to suppress his influence with several lawsuits stem from his outspoken criticism of Iran’s conservative regime.
According to local media, he was once favored by conservative politicians to appeal to younger audiences when his song, released in 2015, supporting Iran’s nuclear program resonated with the government’s stance. However, when his lyrics and lifestyle continue to go against Iran’s conservative values, his artistic expression was allegedly restricted. According to Iran News Update’s report, the Ministry of Guidance has tightened control over artistic expression to suppress creative freedoms, with artists frequently facing imprisonment, censorship, or exile.
Tataloo had been living in Istanbul, Turkey since 2018 until Turkish police extradited him to Iran in December 2023. Since then he has been in detention with 10-year sentences for several charges including disseminating “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic, promoting prostitution and publishing “obscene content”. According to Amnesty International, Iran’s courts are controlled by the country’s security and intelligence bodies and lack independence.
The UN Human Rights experts, in 2022, highlighted the need “to take meaningful steps to ensure the right to freedom of religion or belief and freedom of opinion and expression without discrimination.” Despite the UN’s calls to decriminalize blasphemy due to claims it is used as a form of “systematic persecution” of religious minorities, Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were reportedly executed in 2023 for crimes including blasphemy for “insulting Islamic sanctities” under Article 513 of the Islamic Penal Code (IPC) and “insulting the Prophet” under Article 262 IPC.
According to the UN, Iran executioned, at least 853 people in 2023 and 901 people in 2024.
Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International claims, that “the authorities have weaponized the death penalty in an orchestrated bid to sow fear among the public and suppress dissent.”
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Tataloo, the 37-year-old musician is famous, particularly among young audiences for openly expressing his political statements in his music. Tataloo’s supporters argue that the government’s attempts to suppress his influence with several lawsuits stem from his outspoken criticism of Iran’s conservative regime.
According to local media, he was once favored by conservative politicians to appeal to younger audiences when his song, released in 2015, supporting Iran’s nuclear program resonated with the government’s stance. However, when his lyrics and lifestyle continue to go against Iran’s conservative values, his artistic expression was allegedly restricted. According to Iran News Update’s report, the Ministry of Guidance has tightened control over artistic expression to suppress creative freedoms, with artists frequently facing imprisonment, censorship, or exile.
Tataloo had been living in Istanbul, Turkey since 2018 until Turkish police extradited him to Iran in December 2023. Since then he has been in detention with 10-year sentences for several charges including disseminating “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic, promoting prostitution and publishing “obscene content”. According to Amnesty International, Iran’s courts are controlled by the country’s security and intelligence bodies and lack independence.
The UN Human Rights experts, in 2022, highlighted the need “to take meaningful steps to ensure the right to freedom of religion or belief and freedom of opinion and expression without discrimination.” Despite the UN’s calls to decriminalize blasphemy due to claims it is used as a form of “systematic persecution” of religious minorities, Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were reportedly executed in 2023 for crimes including blasphemy for “insulting Islamic sanctities” under Article 513 of the Islamic Penal Code (IPC) and “insulting the Prophet” under Article 262 IPC.
According to the UN, Iran executioned, at least 853 people in 2023 and 901 people in 2024.
Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International claims, that “the authorities have weaponized the death penalty in an orchestrated bid to sow fear among the public and suppress dissent.”
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