TERROR IN THE 21ST CENTURY: An Iranian rapper who defended a woman was sentenced to be hanged! (PHOTOS) – Secular

And Ranjan rapper sentenced to hang for supporting protests over death of woman arrested for wearing ‘inappropriate’ hijab

A popular Iranian dissident rapper has been sentenced to death for supporting the right to protest the death of a woman arrested for wearing an “inappropriate” hijab.

Toomaj Salehi, 33, will be hanged on charges related to a period of national unrest following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody in 2022, Salehi’s lawyer told Iran’s Sharq newspaper on Wednesday.

In public statements, Salehi expressed support for the wave of “Women, Life, Freedom” demonstrations that led to his arrest in October 2022.

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He also released songs criticizing the Iranian regime and demanding greater freedoms and rights for women.

Salehi had posted pictures of himself attending some of the protests in support of Mahsa Amini.

Amini died in September 2022 after being arrested for allegedly violating the strict hijab-wearing rules.

Demonstrations have since led to thousands of arrests, as well as reports of torture and death at the hands of the Iranian state.

After his arrest in 2022, Salehi was sentenced last year to six years and three months in prison for “corrupting the Earth,” but avoided the death penalty due to a Supreme Court ruling.

The Supreme Court found “defects in the original verdict” and sent the case back to a lower court for reconsideration.

“The First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of (the central city of) Isfahan, in an unprecedented move, disobeyed the Supreme Court’s decision… and sentenced Salehi to the harshest punishment,” his lawyer Amir Raisian told Sharq.

The Revolutionary Court accused Salehi of “supporting riots, assemblies and collusions, propaganda against the system and calling for riots,” Raisian said.

Iranian justice has not yet confirmed the sentence. Salehi has 20 days to appeal the decision.

“We will definitely appeal this sentence,” his lawyer said.

Salehi has since been accused of torture in prison, according to Iran Wire.

The rapper denied the allegations against him during the lawsuit in March, according to Raisian.

The rapper’s Twitter/X page, run by his relatives, said at the time that the only fair sentence would be his full “vindication and release.”

“There was no legitimate and reasonable citation,” they argued.

In a post on social media before his arrest, Salehi wrote: “You should know that I am not afraid of death, prison and torture.

“What I fear is to see women sell their bodies out of necessity and shut me up.”

“It scares me to watch people bend over to their waists in the trash can [за да намерят храна], but are silent; to see you beat a worker and be silent; to witness your killing of a protester and the torture of his justice-seeking family and remain silent… There is a sea of ​​blood between you and me.

Salehi was first arrested in September 2021 after his songs about corruption, poverty, executions and violence against protesters went viral.

*Source: Mailonline