Joss Stone cancela show no Irã após ser detida e deportada do país

A cantora britânica Joss Stone está viajando o mundo há cinco anos com sua turnê ‘Total World’. Ela já visitou 175 países – entre eles, Coreia do Norte, Síria, Paquistão e Iraque – e tem o objetivo de se apresentar em todo o mundo, como sugere o próprio título da tour.

Porém, ao chegar ao Irã, nesta semana, Joss Stone e sua equipe não conseguiram se apresentar. Eles foram “detidos e deportados” do país, segundo a cantora em uma publicação no Instagram.

Ainda segundo Joss Stone, as autoridades de imigração iranianas teriam declarado ser improvável que ela fosse apresentar um show público no país — algo proibido para mulheres por lá.

“Nós sabíamos que não poderia haver um concerto público, já que eu sou uma mulher e isso é ilegal neste país. Pessoalmente, não gostaria de ir parar numa prisão iraniana, nem estou tentando mudar a política dos países que visito, nem desejo colocar outras pessoas em perigo”, disse.

A cantora afirmou, ainda, em sua conta do Instagram, que depois de longas conversas com “os mais simpáticos e encantadores” oficiais da imigração, eles decidiram deter Joss e sua equipe pela noite e os deportar pela manhã. “Claro que eu fiquei decepcionada. Tão perto, porém tão longe; esse momento partiu um pedaço do meu coração”, disse ela.

Veja a publicação de Joss Stone:

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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

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