Popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, also known as Tataloo who is a Muslim by religion, was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to death on appeal by an Iranian court, according to local media on Sunday
According to an online reformist journal, “The Supreme Court accepted the prosecutor’s objection” to a prior five-year jail sentence for offenses including blasphemy.
It stated that “the case was reopened, and this time the defendant was sentenced to death for insulting the prophet.”
Who is pop singer Amir Tataloo sentenced to death in Iran, biography, age, height, family, wife, religion, songs, albums, crime and net worth
The ruling comes after the court accepted an objection from the prosecutor to a previous five-year jail term and according to a report, the court found Tataloo guilty of insulting the Prophet Mohammed. His case was reopened, and the decision was made to impose the death penalty but the verdict is not final and Tataloo has the option to appeal again.
Despite claiming that he had no intention of disrespecting Shiite religious figures and stating his own religious beliefs, the court sentenced him to death.
Before being turned over to Iran by Turkish authorities in December 2023, the 37-year-old underground musician had been residing in Istanbul since 2018. Since then, he has been held captive in Iran.
37-year-old Amir Tataloo was born on 21 September 1987 to Mohammad Taghi in a Muslim family. Amir is 5ft 10in tall and is currently single and unmarried although he was also involved in a controversial relationship with Iranian actress Sahar Quraysh Shashi with his net worth between $1-5 million. He has four siblings and comes from an Iranian-Azerbaijani household. Amir attended Rasht for elementary school because of his father’s work. He returned to Tehran a few years later.
The singer, who has gained notoriety for his outspoken views and popularity among young Iranians, was convicted on charges of “sabb al-Nabi” (insulting or denying the status of the Prophet Muhammad).
Due to his family’s financial circumstances, he made the decision to work and study at the same time. He worked in a grocery store from the ages of 16 to 18 and in a carpenter’s workshop. Following his graduation from high school, he began to study music. His career started at about the same time as other well-known Persian underground musicians.
🚨🇮🇷IRANIAN POP STAR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
Underground music icon Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, has been handed a death sentence for insulting the prophet Muhammad after the Supreme Court overturned his 5-year prison term.
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Amir Tataloo career
In 2003, Amir Tataloo began his musical career by posting songs on his site. He began his career as an underground musician and is still not authorized by the Ministry of Islamic Guidance and Culture. “Manam Yeki az un Yazdahtam” is a single he released for the Iranian National Football Team during the FIFA World Cup in 2014.
The Iran-Iraq war veterans commended him for his music video, Shohada (The Martyrs), when he visited the Tehran Peace Museum in 2015. He was presented as the museum’s peace ambassador.
Tataloo left Iran and fled to Turkey in 2018 after being arrested multiple times by Iranian authorities and not receiving a license for music activities from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
Because of the problems he had in Turkey, he stated on December 2, 2023, that he plans to return to Iran. On December 6, 2023, he was ultimately turned over to the Iranian authorities at the land border between Iran and Turkey. He was detained right away on charges and grievances, including corruption.
He was reportedly given a death sentence in Iran in January 2025 for blasphemy after demeaning the Islamic prophet Muhammad, although the Iranian judiciary refuted the allegations.