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Iran court sentences pop singer Tataloo to death for insulting Prophet Muhammad
Screen capture from music video of Iranian rap artist Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, aka Tataloo, 2019. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law
An Iranian court has sentenced popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to death on appeal after being convicted of blasphemy, local media say.
“The Supreme Court accepted the prosecutor’s objection” to a previous five-year jail term, and “the case was reopened, and this time the defendant was sentenced to death for insulting the prophet,” reformist newspaper Etemad reports online, referring to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
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