A popular rapper has been sentenced to death for supporting anti-government protests, his lawyer has said.
Toomaj Salehi, 33, was arrested in Iran in October 2022 after publicly backing a wave of demonstrations triggered by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
The Revolutionary Court had accused Mr Salehi of “assistance in sedition, assembly and collusion, propaganda against the system and calling for riots," Mr Raisian said. “The fact is that the verdict of the court has clear legal conflicts. The contradiction with the ruling of the Supreme Court is considered the most important and at the same time the strangest part of this ruling.”
People gather in France to call for the release of the rapper. Picture: Claire Serie / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFPThe initial accusations against Mr Salehi included spreading “lies on the internet” and “propaganda against the state” as well as inciting people to violence and “having formed and managed illegal groups with the aim of disrupting security in cooperation with a government hostile” to Iran.
Iranian officials labelled the protests “riots” and accused Tehran’s foreign foes of fomenting the unrest.Demonstrators gather near a motorbike on fire during a protest for Mahsa Amini in Iran. Picture: AFP
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