A POPULAR Iranian rapper has been sentenced to dying after his music turned a part of the anti-regime protests, his lawyer stated.
Toomaj Salehi, 33, was arrested in 2022 after publicly backing the wave of demonstrations triggered by the dying in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
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By means of his music, he bravely criticised the management of Iran, railing towards their corruption and crackdowns on dissent.
In what turned generally known as the headband revolution, Salehi took half within the unprecedented rebellion that broke out throughout Iran in October 2022 after Amini was overwhelmed to dying for sporting an “improper” hijab.
He was sentenced in 2023 to 6 years and three months in jail, however prevented a dying sentence resulting from a Supreme Court docket ruling.
“Department One of many Revolutionary Court docket of Isfahan in an unprecedented transfer, didn’t implement the Supreme Court docket’s ruling …. and sentenced Salehi to the harshest punishment,” his lawyer Amir Raisian stated.
The Revolutionary Court docket had accused Salehi of “help in sedition, meeting and collusion, propaganda towards the system and calling for riots”, he added.
Iranian judiciary has not confirmed the sentence but.
Salehi has 20 days to enchantment the ruling.
“We will certainly enchantment this verdict,” his lawyer stated
Months of unrest following Amini’s dying on September 16, 2022 and lots of of individuals had been killed together with dozens of safety personnel and 1000’s extra arrested.
Iranian officers labelled the protests “riots” and accused Tehran’s international foes of fomenting the unrest.
9 males have been executed in protest-related instances involving killing and different violence towards safety forces.
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