How Iran's mullahs are using 非難する music to 行う a 宗教上の culture war against the country's 青年: Tehran pumps out （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域s 促進するing its 強行路線 Islamist values and 核の ambitions - while 反体制者 artists are 刑務所，拘置所d

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Iran is using 非難する music to 促進する 強行路線 Islamist values and 核の energy?ambitions, while 反体制者 artists are 刑務所，拘置所d for 反抗するing the 政権.

Dozens of Iranian rappers have been 逮捕（する）d since the 早期に 2000s, when hip-hop started 伸び（る）ing traction in the country, and last month rapper Toomaj Salehi was 宣告，判決d to death?for 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s linked to a period of 全国的な 不安.

Salehi, 33, had?解放（する）d songs criticising the Iranian 政権 and 需要・要求するing greater liberties and women's 権利s. He also 地位，任命するd pictures of himself …に出席するing some of the 抗議するs held in support of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police 保護／拘留 after 存在 逮捕（する）d for wearing an '妥当でない' hijab.

As 非難する 伸び（る）d 人気 in Iran, the Islamic 共和国 tried to discredit the genre, even branding rappers as?'satanists'.?But their 試みる／企てるs were 不成功の so the 政権 started （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限ing musicians to 'spread their ideology and trying to 影響（力） young people', 追放するd Iranian hip-hop singer?Ghogha told フラン 24.

Some rappers are now singing?プロの／賛成の-政府 lyrics, 提起する／ポーズをとるing in photos with 政治家，政治屋s の近くに to the?最高の Leader and the 革命の Guards, and 収入?up to $10,000 a month.

However, 不名誉d?Iranian 非難する artist Justina has 警告するd fellow artists that 'the minute you cross the political red line, you become a 的'.

The Iranian 政府 has used?非難する music to 促進する 強行路線 Islamist values and 核の energy ambitions.?In his 2015 song Energy Hasteei, rapper Amir T ataloo (pictured) 主張するd Iran's 権利 to self-defence and あられ／賞賛するd the nation's 核の energy program. He sang in his chorus 'this is our 絶対の 権利, to have an 武装した Persian 湾

But fellow musicians have 警告するd that 'the minute you cross the political red line, you become a 的'. Toomaj Salehi (pictured) is one of the rappers who has been 的d by the 政権 over his music. He was 宣告，判決d to death last month for 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s linked to a period of 全国的な 不安 in 2022

Amir Tataloo, 36, one of Iran's most 議論の的になる 非難する artists, first 伸び（る）d notoriety for his 批評s of Iran's human 権利s 記録，記録的な／記録する.

The musician, who is tattooed from 長，率いる to toe, then 可決する・採択するd a 保守的な 姿勢, 促進するd a プロの／賛成の-政府 協議事項 and even 問題／発行するd support for?大統領，／社長 Ebrahim Raisi during his 2017 （選挙などの）運動をする.

In his 2015 song?Energy Hasteei, 主張するd Iran's 権利 to self-defence and あられ／賞賛するd the nation's 核の energy program. He sang?in his chorus 'this is our 絶対の 権利, to have an 武装した Persian 湾'.

The music ビデオ for the song, which features 支援する-up 声のs from?Iranian 兵士s, was made in support of the Iranian 軍の and police and opens with a line 明言する／公表するing: 'No 力／強力にする can 妨げる the Iranian nation from having 平和的な 核の energy.'

Instagram also 封鎖するd his account in 2019 after he 恐らく published anti-women content and 促進するd child marriage. He also 株d 申し立てられた／疑わしい 計画（する）s to?'暴君's Palace' in Turkey, where he ーするつもりであるd to host girls 老年の 15 to 20.

But Tataloo, real 指名する?Amirhossein Maghsoudloo, changed his 姿勢 yet again and ended up in 追放する in Turkey, before 存在 国外追放するd to Iran last year and sent to 刑務所，拘置所 on 告訴，告発s of?producing and publishing 'obscene' 作品.

His 裁判，公判, which is still 現在進行中の, began in March, 明言する／公表する-run Mizan news 機関 報告（する）／憶測d. He was （刑事）被告 of creating?clips, songs, and images 含む／封じ込めるing vulgar and explicit content.

Other 主張s against him 含む?'設立するing a 賭事ing 操作／手術, 刺激するing individuals to 接近 obscene content, encouraging 罪，犯罪s against chastity and 性の perversions, and 促進するing 汚職 and 売春.'

Amir Tataloo, 36, one of Iran's most 議論の的になる 非難する artists, first 伸び（る）d notoriety for his 批評s of Iran's human 権利s 記録，記録的な／記録する. However, he later?可決する・採択するd a 保守的な 姿勢 and produced a song 促進するing the country's 核の energy ambitions. Tataloo is pictured in his?Energy Hasteei music ビデオ

The?Energy Hasteei music ビデオ was filmed on an Iranian 軍艦 and?made in support of the Iranian 軍の and police

支援する-up 声のs were 供給するd by Iranian 兵士s and the ビデオ opened with a line 明言する／公表するing: 'No 力／強力にする can 妨げる the Iranian nation from having 平和的な 核の energy'

Iranian rapper Toomaj?Salehi (pictured) had vocalised support for the wave of 'Women, Life, Freedom' demonstrations, 主要な to his 逮捕（する） in October 2022. He also 解放（する）d songs criticising the Iranian 政権 and 需要・要求するing greater liberties and women's 権利s

The first Iranian 非難する album, The Asphalt ジャングル by Hichkas, was ground breaking when it was 解放（する）d in 2006.

非難する and hip-hop quickly became an 'ubiquitous 行為／法令／行動する of 反乱', The Sunday Times 報告（する）／憶測d, because artists 辞退するd censor their music or 得る 訂正する 許可s from the 政府.

Many performers were 逮捕（する）d and studios were （警察の）手入れ，急襲d, but the 政権 knew it would not 勝利，勝つ a popular culture 戦う／戦い and instead decided to use the genre to its advantage.

Justina explained that '非難する is very popular in Iran' and that as long as the music is 'not political' or challenges the 政府, musicians can be やめる successful.

'As long as 非難する is about partying, 麻薬s and hooking up, you get the impression that the 政権 has no problem with it,'?Justina told フラン 24. 'On the contrary, they 支持する depoliticised male 非難する, which 控訴s them.'

She 追加するd: 'With the 開発 of streaming, some artists are making a lot of money, up to $10,000 a month. They give concerts abroad and come 支援する to Iran without 存在 hassled because their music doesn't bother anyone. It's not political.'

But the 政権 continues to resent 政治上-動機づけるd music and has taken 活動／戦闘 against artists who challenge its ideologies, 含むing at least two who were linked to 抗議するs 誘発するd by Amini's death in 2022.

Amini died in Septem ber 2022 after 存在 逮捕（する）d for 恐らく 侵害する／違反するing strict hijab 支配するs. Demonstrations since have led to thousands of 逮捕（する）s, 同様に as 報告（する）／憶測s of 拷問 and death?at the 手渡すs of the Iranian 明言する／公表する.

Rapper Salehi - who will be hanged for 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s linked to the 抗議するs - had vocalised support for the wave of 'Women, Life, Freedom' demonstrations, 主要な to his 逮捕（する） in October 2022.?

Salehi, pictured in one of his music ビデオs,?解放（する）d songs criticising the Iranian 政権 and 需要・要求するing greater liberties and women's 権利s

Salehi, pictured in one of his music ビデオs, was first 逮捕（する）d in September 2021 after his songs about 汚職, poverty, 死刑執行s and 暴力／激しさ against 抗議する人s went viral

Salehi, 33, will be hanged for 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s linked to a period o f 全国的な 不安 に引き続いて the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini (pictured) in police 保護／拘留 in 2022

People 集会 next to a 燃やすing motorcycle in the 資本／首都 Tehran on October 8, 2022 まっただ中に a wave of 不安 誘発する／引き起こすd by the death of Mahsa Amini in police 保護／拘留 a month 事前の

に引き続いて his 逮捕（する）, Salehi was 宣告，判決d last year to six years and three months in 刑務所，拘置所 for '汚職 on Earth', but 避けるd a death 宣告，判決 予定 to a 最高裁判所 判決，裁定.

The 最高裁判所 設立する '欠陥s in the 初めの 宣告，判決' and returned the 事例／患者 to a 地裁 for re-examination.?

'支店 One of the 革命の 法廷，裁判所 of (the central city of) Isfahan in an 前例のない move, did not 施行する the 最高裁判所's 判決，裁定 ... and 宣告，判決d Salehi to the harshest 罰,' his lawyer Amir Raisian told Sharq last month.

The 革命の 法廷，裁判所 had （刑事）被告 Salehi of '援助 in sedition, 議会 and collusion, 宣伝 against the system and calling for 暴動s', Raisian said.

Iranian 司法の has not 確認するd the 宣告，判決 yet. Salehi has 20 days to 控訴，上告 the 判決，裁定. 'We will definitely 控訴，上告 this 判決,' his lawyer said in April.?

Salehi has since 申し立てられた／疑わしい 拷問 in 刑務所，拘置所, によれば Iran Wire.?The rapper 反駁するd the 告訴，告発s against him during the 裁判，公判 in March, によれば Raisian.

The rapper's page on Twitter/X, managed by his 親族s, said at the time the only just 判決 would be his 十分な '無罪放免 and 解放（する）'.

'There was no 合法的な and 正当化するd citation,' they （人命などを）奪う，主張するd.

In a social マスコミ 地位，任命する 事前の to his 逮捕（する）, Salehi wrote: 'You should know that I am not afraid of death, 監禁，拘置, and 拷問.?What I 恐れる is to see women sell their 団体／死体s out of want and shut my mouth.?

'I am afraid of watching people bend into the trash 貯蔵所 up to their waist [to find food] but remain silent; to see you （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 a 労働者 and stay 静かな; to 証言，証人／目撃する your 殺人，大当り of a 抗議する人 and 拷問ing of his 司法（官）-捜し出すing family, and shut up… There's a sea of 血 between you and me.'

Salehi was first 逮捕（する）d in September 2021 after his songs about 汚職, poverty, 死刑執行s and 暴力／激しさ against 抗議する人s went viral.

Saman Yasin,?from Kermanshah, who lived in Tehran, was violently 逮捕（する）d at his home in October 2022 and subsequently?宣告，判決d to death

Yasin is pictured in October 2022 持つ／拘留するing his 長，率いる in his 手渡すs as a 裁判官 ordered his 死刑執行 for supporting 抗議するs against Mahsa Amini's death in Iran. His 宣告，判決 has since been 減刑する／通勤するd to five years' 監禁，拘置

Saman Yasin, a 26-year-old rapper who was 逮捕（する）d in 関係 to the 2022 demonstrations, also remains in 刑務所，拘置所.

He was 宣告，判決d to death in October 2022 and tried to take his own life two months later because of the '厳しい 条件s' and '拷問' he 耐えるs at?Rajaei-Shahr 刑務所，拘置所 in Karaj.

He was 報道によれば placed in 独房監禁 confinement and thrown several times from a 高さ, the Kurdistan Human 権利s 網状組織 has （人命などを）奪う，主張するd.

Yasin's 宣告，判決 has since been?減刑する／通勤するd to five years' 監禁，拘置.