Iranian court sentences pop star Tataloo to death for blasphemy

Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo's five-year jail term increased after prosecutor's objection, according to reports

An Iranian court has sentenced the popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to death on appeal after he was convicted of blasphemy, according to local media reports.

The supreme court accepted the prosecutor's objection" to a previous five-year jail term on offences including blasphemy, the reformist newspaper Etemad reported on Sunday.