CNN —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 “atrocities,” a human rights group reported.
The 27-year-old Grammy Award winner was accused of “inciting unrest against national security” and “spreading propaganda against the regime,” according to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) on Friday.
US first lady Jill Biden accepts the award for best song for social change on behalf of Shervin Hajipour for "Baraye."
(Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)The court’s verdict extends beyond the prison sentence, imposing additional penalties deemed necessary to reflect the “gravity of Hajipour’s actions,” HRANA said.
On his Instagram account, Hajipour posted a picture of the verdict, thanking his lawyers and management team.
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