{"id":16348,"date":"2024-03-03T00:47:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T00:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/03\/iranian-pop-star-who-sang-protest-anthem-jailed-and-ordered-to-write-anti-us-song-rights-group-says\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T00:47:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T00:47:32","slug":"iranian-pop-star-who-sang-protest-anthem-jailed-and-ordered-to-write-anti-us-song-rights-group-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/03\/iranian-pop-star-who-sang-protest-anthem-jailed-and-ordered-to-write-anti-us-song-rights-group-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian pop star who sang protest anthem jailed and ordered to write anti-US song, rights group says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, whose song became popular during mass protests in 2022, has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison and ordered to write a song about US \u201catrocities,\u201d a human rights group reported. <\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Grammy Award winner was accused of \u201cinciting unrest against national security\u201d and \u201cspreading propaganda against the regime,\u201d according to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) on Friday. <\/p>\n

He was summoned by the police and questioned for \u201cencouragement to protest\u201d in 2022, two days\u00a0after he posted a video of himself singing his song \u201cBaraye,\u201d which translates to \u201cFor\u2026,\u201d on Instagram. The sentence comes in the wake of a crackdown on voices of dissent within the country. <\/p>\n

Hajipour, who gained international recognition and a Special Merit Award for Best Song for Social Change at the 2023 Grammys for\u00a0the song,\u00a0was detained in Sari, Mazandaran Province by security forces in September 2022 and released on bail that October. <\/p>\n

His song became an anthem of protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini that evolved into a broader movement calling for greater freedoms and even an overthrow of the state. <\/p>\n

The court\u2019s verdict extends beyond the prison sentence, imposing additional penalties deemed necessary to reflect the \u201cgravity of Hajipour\u2019s actions,\u201d HRANA said. <\/p>\n

For two years following his imprisonment, Hajipour is barred from leaving Iran. He is also mandated to engage in activities that \u201cpromote the achievements\u201d of the Islamic Revolution, including compiling content on culture, science and art, and producing a song about the \u201cUSA\u2019s atrocities against humanity.\u201d <\/p>\n

Hajipour must also\u00a0summarize two books on the status of women in Islam and \u201cdocument human rights violations by the U.S. government over the last century,\u201d HRANA reported. <\/p>\n

On his Instagram account, Hajipour posted a picture of the verdict,\u00a0thanking his lawyers and management team. <\/p>\n

The northern Iran resident released yet another controversial song and music video last month, referencing his recent run-ins with authorities, with lyrics indicating that he\u2019s the \u201ctrash who didn\u2019t have anyone to post bail for him,\u201d and that even though he\u2019s \u201cnot allowed to sing (in public)\u201d he is the \u201ctrash that will stay in Iran to rebuild this city\u201d and never leave the country. <\/p>\n\n

This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, whose song became popular during mass protests in 2022, has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison and ordered to write a song about US \u201catrocities,\u201d a human rights group reported. The 27-year-old Grammy Award winner was accused of \u201cinciting unrest against national security\u201d and \u201cspreading propaganda against <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}