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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    12 hours 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.

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      11 hours ago

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

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        10 hours ago

        Sorry, my dude. Take your project 2025 boogie man stuff down the road. Call me when something actually happens.

        Action > talk

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          4 hours ago

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

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          9 hours 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.

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            5 hours ago

            I think you misunderstand his point.

            He’s saying nothing will change for the better until we actually see it happen.

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              4 hours ago

              I disagree.

              OP: The thread starts saying america isn’t perfect, but at least they can say what they want.

              Reply: The reply is that Iran didn’t start that way either and with project 2025 were headed that way.

              OP: Project 2025 is boogeyman scary stuff, stop trying to scare people and call me when they actually are doing something.

              Me: They’re already murdering women.

              He’s essentially brushing off the start of project 2025 saying the whole thing is talk, when we have actual actions already. (edit: We have every reason to expect more actions.) (edit: just to further clarify… project 2025 started before 2025, it’s a long term plan by the far right they’ve been working on implementing for a very long time)

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            9 hours 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.

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              6 hours 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.

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          5 hours ago

          I totally agree.

          It’s a shame this generation hasn’t realized that talk is cheap yet.