An Iranian court docket has imposed the second-degree dying sentence on Iranian rapper Amir Tataloo after discovering him responsible of “blasphemy”, Iranian media reported.
“The Supreme Court docket accepted the prosecutor's enchantment” in opposition to the earlier sentence of 5 years in jail and this time the defendant was sentenced to dying for blasphemy in opposition to the prophet Muhammad, the reformist newspaper Etemad wrote on its web site.
The 37-year-old singer and composer, one of many pioneers of Iranian rap, started his profession within the early 2000s. In 2018, he settled in Istanbul after the Iranian authorities denied him a license to apply the occupation of musician.
In December 2023, the Iranian judiciary introduced that the rapper was handed over to Iran by the Turkish authorities primarily based on the order of a revolutionary court docket in Tehran.
His trial started in March 2024 on expenses of “encouraging the brand new technology to interact in prostitution”, “propaganda in opposition to the Islamic Republic” and “spreading obscene content material within the type of music movies and songs”.
Earlier than his departure for Turkey, Amir Tatalu had been arrested a number of instances and one in all them, in 2016, “for harassing public opinion”.
Recognized for his head-to-toe tattoos, the Iranian rapper induced controversy in 2017 when he met ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash in Might 2024.
In 2015, he wrote a tune in assist of the Iranian nuclear program after the signing of the worldwide settlement between the worldwide neighborhood and Tehran.
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