Amir Tataloo

Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo (Persian: امیرحسین مقصودلو; born 21 September 1987), known professionally as Amir Tataloo (Persian: امیر تتلو), is an Iranian singer, rapper and songwriter. He is one of Iran's most famous and controversial artists known for his full body tattoo and his frequent open dialogue toward politics and social aspects of Iran's younger generations. He is part of the first generation of the Iranian underground hip hop scene and also one of the first R&B singers in Persian. His debut album, Zire Hamkaf, was released in 2011. Since then, he has released 21 albums. In 2021, Amir Tataloo released the album Fereshteh. Tataloo was arrested several times when living in Iran by the Islamic Republic's authorities in 2016 and 2018 and spent months in prison. In 2018, he moved to Turkey and continued to further establish his successful career creating albums and big concerts in Turkey that otherwise were not allowed in Iran until 2023. Frustrated from living in exile, and after the expiry of his Iranian passport, he tried to leave Turkey to return to Tehran. In 2023, Turkish authorities first rejected his departure from Istanbul airport with an expired Iranian passport and later arrested him and handed over Tataloo to the Islamic Republic's police where he was immediately arrested with pending serious charges. On 19 January 2025, he was sentenced to death for blasphemy, which was upheld by the Supreme Court of Iran in May 2025.