<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>An Iranian court has sentenced the famous pop singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to prison for disseminating “obscene content”, state media reported today.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The popular underground musician, 36, had been living in Istanbul since 2018 before Turkish police handed him over to Iran in December of last year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He has been in detention in Iran since then.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">His lawyer Elham Rahimifar said Tataloo was given multiple “short and long” jail terms, without elaborating.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The sentences can be appealed, Rahimifar told state-run newspaper Jam-e Jam.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Under Iranian law, jail sentences run concurrently.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The artiste, known for combining rap, pop and R&amp;B, has experienced a dramatic swing in his fortunes in recent years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The heavily tattooed singer was previously courted by conservative politicians as a way to reach out to young, liberal-minded Iranians.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He even held an awkward televised meeting with ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi when the latter was making his first bid for office in 2017.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 2015, he published a song in support of Iran’s nuclear programme as a landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers was unravelling. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>