Shervin Hajipour was additionally handed an eight-month sentence for “propaganda in opposition to the regime”. (File)
Tehran, Iran:
An Iranian pop singer whose track grew to become an anthem throughout mass protests greater than a 12 months in the past has been sentenced to at the very least three years in jail, he stated Friday.
Shervin Hajipour, 26, wrote and revealed “Baraye” throughout nationwide demonstrations triggered by the September 2022 demise in custody of Mahsa Amini.
Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, had been arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic republic’s strict gown code for ladies.
On Friday, Shervin Hajipour stated on his Instagram web page that he had been sentenced to a few years in jail for “inciting and frightening folks to riot to disturb nationwide safety”.
He was additionally handed an eight-month sentence for “propaganda in opposition to the regime”.
It was not instantly clear when the decision was issued, and it was not reported elsewhere.
Below Iranian legislation, jail sentences run concurrently, that means Shervin Hajipour would serve three years behind bars.
“Baraye” was performed at a White Home celebration in March 2023 marking Nowruz, the Persian New Yr.
A month earlier, US First Woman Jill Biden awarded Shervin Hajipour a particular Grammy for finest track for social change, calling the tune a “highly effective and poetic name for freedom and ladies’s rights”.
Masking the neck and head has been obligatory for ladies in Iran since 1983, following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Mahsa Amini’s demise sparked months-long protests which noticed lots of of individuals, together with dozens of safety forces, killed and 1000’s of others arrested.
Shervin Hajipour was briefly arrested through the protests.
In January, an Iranian court docket sentenced one other pop singer who criticised the necessary headband for ladies to 1 12 months in jail.
Mehdi Yerrahi’s sentence was modified to residence confinement as a substitute of jail time, due his well being points, his lawyer stated.
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