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Dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death for his involvement in the large-scale protests that took place in Iran in 2022, according to his lawyer. “An execution warrant has been issued for Toomaj Salehi,” Salehi’s lawyer, Amir Raesian, announced, according to CNN. The rapper was detained, held in solitary confinement and allegedly tortured after being arrested.
An Isfahan court overturned the higher Supreme Court’s decision in Salehi’s case on Tuesday, upholding the original verdict for “corruption on earth” and setting the maximum penalty of death, according to Iranian publications Shargh and Entekhab. State media said Salehi’s sentence could be reduced by a pardon commission if he appeals again. Salehi, 32, who has criticized the Iranian regime and spoken out strongly against the government in his song lyrics and on social media, was briefly released from prison last year but police arrested him again in a crackdown brutally and sent him to prison in Isfahan.
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