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.
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.
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...
To the editor: One way Israel could respond to Iran's attack is to use long-range drones to deliver masses of leaflets to the people of Tehran. Even if the drones were shot down, the leaflets would still reach their targets. The leaflets, containing whatever words Israel chooses, would also send the message that Tehran is vulnerable to Israel's military might — that Israel could have sent death and destruction but chose not to. The theocrats would be furious, but they would have no rationale for...
In his first interview since Israel's attack, Iran's foreign minister downplayed the missile strike. Through an Iranian government interpreter, he told NBC News' Tom Llamas that Iran will not strike Israel again unless provoked.
After decades of rivalry, the rival Middle East powers have both
The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, said on Wednesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring is in place and UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi will soon visit Iran.
Larry Webb told investigators he shot and killed Susan Carter and her 10-year old daughter Alex in 2000, then buried their bodies behind his Beckley home. Nearing death, he decided it was time to get it off his chest.
Israel says it and its allies have intercepted the vast majority of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by Tehran.
A student group at the University of California, Berkeley, rallied behind Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, arguing that the Jewish state bears responsibility for the Iranian attack.
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