Court Acquits dissident Iranian rapper of death sentence
Dissident Iranian artist Toomaj Salehi who was previously sentenced to death for his involvement in the 2022-2023 protests has been acquitted.
Salehi’s lawyer, Amir Raisian stated this in his post on X. The lawyer revealed that the Revolutionary Court of Isfahan on Wednesday had acquitted the artist of “corruption on earth” charges.
Salehi was arrested in October 2022 after publicly backing the mass protest movement triggered by the killing of Mahsa Amini. Amini was killed by the Iranian security forces following her arrest for not wearing her hijab.
He had released rap songs and social media posts in support of the protests and criticizing the government.
With his death sentence acquittance, Raisian is hopeful that other charges against the rapper will be dropped too.