An Iranian court docket sentenced Toomaj Salehi to dying. Authorities arrested the 33-year-old rapper in 2022 for supporting nationwide protests.
“The first court docket sentenced Toomaj Salehi to the harshest punishment, dying, on the cost of ‘corruption on Earth,’” Salehi’s lawyer, Amir Raesian, acknowledged in response to the Islamic Republic Revolution Court docket of Isfahan’s ruling. Salehi’s authorized crew plans to attraction the choice.
Salehi confronted punishment from the Iranian authorities after supporting the 2022 demonstrations on behalf of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old girl who died in police custody. Amini opposed the nation’s necessary hijab legal guidelines.
Iran’s safety forces additionally arrested Toomaj Salehi in September 2021 for allegedly selling “propaganda towards the regime” and “insulting the supreme management authority.” The recording artist was later launched.
Toomaj Salehi used his music to criticize the Iranian management. Songs, such because the “Torkamanchay” observe, usually centered on corruption within the theocratic authorities and the regime’s suppression of dissent. Iranian pop singer, Mehdi Yarrahi, referred to as for the unconditional launch of his “brother” on X.