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    Regime’s effort to exploit US campus crackdown damaged by treatment of Toomaj SalehiAn Iranian court’s decision to pass the death sentence against Toomaj Salehi, a popular Iranian rapper and regime opponent, has led to international protests and damaged Iran’s fledgling efforts to exploit crackdowns on unrest in US university campuses over Gaza as an abuse of human rights.Crowds gathered in the US, Europe and Canada on Sunday to support Salehi, while dozens of political prisoners in Iran’s...

  • Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Sentenced to Death After Creating Protest Music

    A rapper is now facing death after speaking out against his government in his raps. According to Deadline, attorneys for Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi have been sentenced to death for rap lyrics that aligned with protests in Iran in 2022. “An order for the execution of Toomaj Salehi has been issued,” his lawyer stated. After […] The post Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Sentenced to Death After Creating Protest Music first appeared on The Source.

  • Rapper Sentenced To Death By Iranian Court For Backing Mahsa Amini Protests

      Source: Robert DEYRAIL / Getty An Iranian court issued a death sentence to a popular rapper who was jailed for over a year after backing nationwide protests. On Wednesday (April 24), rapper Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to death by a court in Iran for his support of protests that swept through the country two years ago, according to his lawyer. “Branch 1 of Isfahan Revolutionary Court… sentenced Toomaj Salehi to death on the charge of corruption on Earth,” Salem’s lawyer Amir Raisian said in a...