Britanska pjevačica deportirana iz Irana: "Srce mi je slomljeno"

D.K.

17:36, 04. srpnja 2019.

Britanska pjevačica deportirana iz Irana: "Srce mi je slomljeno" — Foto: Instagram

PUTUJUĆI svijetom u sklopu nove turneje britanska pjevačica Joss Stone posjetila je Iran, ali ne da bi pjevala, nego uživala kao turistica. Tamošnje vlasti nisu joj povjerovale pa je deportirana iz zemlje, o čemu se požalila i na svom Instagramu.

Strogi iranski zakoni, naime, zabranjuju ženama da samostalno nastupaju na pozornici, a nastupati mogu isključivo kao dio orkestra ili nekog drugog ansambla. Joss je toga bila svjesna pa u Iranu nije imala dogovoren koncert, ali vlastima je njezin "neglazbeni" prolazak kroz zemlju bio sumnjiv.

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So , our very last country on the list was Iran . We were aware there couldn’t be a public concert as I am a woman and that is illegal in this country. Personally I don’t fancy going to an Iranian prison nor am I trying to change the politics of the countries I visit nor do I wish to put other people in danger. However, it seems the authority’s don’t believe we wouldn’t be playing a public show so they have popped us on what they call the ‘black list ‘ as we found out when we turned up to the immigration hall. After long discussions with the most friendly charming and welcoming immigration people the decision was made to detain us for the night and to deport us in the morning. Of course I was gutted. So close yet so far, this moment broke a little piece of my heart. Then I realised the silver lining was bright. I told them my story and explained my mission, to bring good feeling with what I have to give and show those who want to look, the positives of our globe. All with the understanding that public performance wasn’t an option in this scenario. I still have to walk forward towards that goal some way some how. And of course music is my driver. Doesn’t mean we have to brake any laws though. There is music everywhere. Even here, we just have to play by there rules and they have to believe we will. It’s a trust thing. They were so kind to us, at one point I started to question it. The question whirled around my head, were they just luring is into a false sense of security so we would walk into our jail cells quietly with out a drama? Nope , these people are genuinely nice kind people that felt bad that they couldn’t over ride the system. They didn’t speak English so well so the translator Mohamed, who clearly had a lovely soul conveyed the message that they hoped we would go to embassy to sort it all out and come back, they were refusing us entry with a heavy heart and were so sorry. After Mo had left, the officers kept telling us sorry. They said sorry all the way through this process and kept saying this till we got on the plane they were sending us away on. We were the ones that should have been apologising for not having our correct paper work. The ball

A post shared by Joss Stone (@jossstone) on Jul 3, 2019 at 4:50am PDT

"Bili smo svjesni činjenice da tu ne smijemo imati javni koncert jer sam žena i to je ilegalno u ovoj zemlji. Osobno, ne ide mi se u iranski zatvor niti želim mijenjati politike zemalja koje posjećujem, niti druge ljude želim dovesti u opasnost. Ipak, čini se da nam vlasti ne vjeruju pa su nas stavile na takozvanu crnu listu, što smo doznali kad smo se pojavili u imigracijskom uredu. Nakon dugih rasprava s divnim i šarmantnim ljudima, donesena je odluka da nas zadrže preko noći i deportiraju ujutro. Ovaj trenutak mi je slomio srce", napisala je pjevačica.

Inače, Joss je na svjetskoj turneji nazvanoj "Total World Tour", u sklopu koje namjerava posjetiti sve zemlje na svijetu. Dosad je bila u njih 174, među ostalima i u Siriji. Tamo je pjevala pred samo 70 ljudi, uglavnom kurdskim borcima iz drugih zemalja.

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