An Iranian court has sentenced to death a popular rapper jailed for more than a year and a half for supporting nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, local media reported Wednesday.
Source: Robert DEYRAIL / Getty An Iranian court issued a death sentence to a popular rapper who was jailed for over a year after backing nationwide protests. On Wednesday (April 24), rapper Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to death by a court in Iran for his support of protests that swept through the country two years ago, according to his lawyer. “Branch 1 of Isfahan Revolutionary Court… sentenced Toomaj Salehi to death on the charge of corruption on Earth,” Salem’s lawyer Amir Raisian said in a...
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A prominent Iranian hip hop musician who was arrested for his protest lyrics and social media posts has been sentenced to death by an Iranian court, the reformist Shargh newspaper reported.
Regime’s effort to exploit US campus crackdown damaged by treatment of Toomaj SalehiAn Iranian court’s decision to pass the death sentence against Toomaj Salehi, a popular Iranian rapper and regime opponent, has led to international protests and damaged Iran’s fledgling efforts to exploit crackdowns on unrest in US university campuses over Gaza as an abuse of human rights.Crowds gathered in the US, Europe and Canada on Sunday to support Salehi, while dozens of political prisoners in Iran’s...
Court says sentence could be commuted; Toomaj Salehi's lawyer announced verdict Wednesday, 18 months after client jailed over protests in wake of morality police detainee's killing
Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death (Picture: Robert Deyrail/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death. An Iranian revolutionary court sentenced the well-known hip hop star today (April 24) for charges linked to Iran’s 2022-23 unrest, his lawyer told the Iranian newspaper Sharq. Salehi was initially arrested in October 2022 after voicing support for the nationwide Woman, Life, Freedom protests. Salehi showed solidarity for the...
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