Summary

Iranian pop star Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy after the supreme court overturned a prior five-year prison sentence.

Tataloo, who had been living in Istanbul since 2018, was extradited to Iran in 2023 and has since been detained.

He also faces charges of promoting “prostitution” and spreading “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic.

The verdict is not final and can still be appealed.

Once a figure courted by conservatives, Tataloo gained fame for his controversial music and tattoos.

  • @PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world
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    255 months ago

    “blasphemy”

    Holy hell. How anyone defends these overly religious, dirt ball countries boggles my mind. Overzealous religion rules with an iron fist.

    In Poland, you can be arrested and charged with “offending religious feelings”

    America is far from perfect, but I can pretty much say whatever I want, with few exceptions, and not be subjected to legal consequences.

    • @Aiala@lemmy.world
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      335 months ago

      Don’t worry, thats gonna change with project 2025. Iran was a pretty progressive country before a bunch of zealots taken the power.

      • Maeve
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        65 months ago

        I wonder what Western power meddled in Iran to facilitate the shift from progressive to zealotry? 🤔

        • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          You mean like how they’re murdering women by preventing life saving health care?

          At least this dude said something. These women were killed for simply being a woman.

          The action is already started.

          • @PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world
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            -265 months ago

            I don’t believe you know what “murder” means.

            Again, someone call me when this project 2025 stuff starts coming to light. And I mean legitimately.

            • @Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
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              135 months ago

              PlainSimpleGarak said "I don’t believe you know what “murder” means.

              Again, someone call me when this project 2025 stuff starts coming to light. And I mean legitimately."

              I’m fucking saving this shit before you try to delete it if someone does call you out.

        • @pingveno@lemmy.world
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          135 months ago

          You mean like the raft of executive orders that Trump just signed that were directly out of Project 2025?

            • @moup@lemm.ee
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              95 months ago

              “You say I have been stabbed, and I am actually bleeding with a knife in me, but Fox News hasn’t told me about it so far so you must be a just a lying fear mongerer”

              • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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                5 months ago

                Don’t worry, his pregnant girlfriend, who was only pregnant because contraceptives were illegal, will die from complications easily solved other than the option being illegal, and he’ll be jailed for fetalcide because he couldn’t pray the problem away, and he’ll still be wondering where the actions are.