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Iranian rapper Tataloo once supported a hard-line presidential candidate. Now he faces execution

Iranian rapper Tataloo once supported a hard-line presidential candidate. Now he faces execution

Toronto Star2 days ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The tattoos covering Iranian rapper Tataloo's face stand out against the gray prison uniform the 37-year-old now wears as he awaits execution, his own rise and fall tracing the chaos of the last decade of Iranian politics.
Tataloo, whose full name is Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, faces a death sentence after being convicted on charges of 'insulting Islamic sanctities.' It's a far cry from when he once supported a hard-line Iranian presidential candidate.

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