British singer Joss Stone says she became denied access to Iran – the remaining united states of america she had to visit as part of a 5-12 months, two hundred-forestall “overall global excursion”.
The 32-yr-vintage posted a video from Kish Island in which she stated: “We were given detained and then we were given deported.”
She stated that she knew Iran did no longer allow ladies to perform solo concert events.
“However, it appears the government do not agree with we wouldn’t be playing a public display, so they have popped us on what they name the ‘blacklist’.”
“After lengthy discussions with the maximum friendly, charming and inviting immigration human beings, the decision became made to detain us for the night and to deport us in the morning,” she brought. “Of path I changed into gutted. So near yet to this point.”
Kish Island, which is inside the Gulf off the southern Iranian coast, is the most effective vicinity in Iran that foreigners can visit with no need a visa.
She said immigration officials at the island’s airport had advocated her to go to the Iranian embassy inside the UK to “type all of it out and are available back”.
Iran’s state broadcaster, Irib, referred to a police announcement as saying that Stone did now not have the desired documentation to enter the united states while she arrived on a flight from Oman on 29 June.
The statement denied that the singer was arrested and said she became deported on a flight to the United Arab Emirates the next day “in line with travel policies”.
Earlier this week, Stone posted snap shots from what she said become a journey to Yemen, which has been devastated by a 4-12 months civil battle.
She stated she became given permission to carry out before an target audience of ladies and men by means of the governor of al-Mahra province, which borders Oman and is a ways from the combating among Yemeni authorities forces and the rebel Houthi movement.
The 198th prevent on her global excursion became Tripoli, Libya, in which the UN-subsidized Libyan authorities is fighting forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar.
