TEHRAN (CelebrityAccess) — An Iranian rapper who made a reputation for himself along with his lyrics criticizing the Islamic Republic following the dying of Mahsa Amini in 2022, has reportedly been sentenced to dying, his lawyer advised the Related Press.
Iran’s state-run IRNA information company and its judiciary haven’t formally confirmed the dying sentence in opposition to Toomaj Salehi, however the story was first reported by Iran’s pro-reform Shargh newspaper, which mentioned that the dying sentence was imposed by a Revolutionary Court docket in Isfahan, a metropolis in Central Iran that was not too long ago focused by an Israeli assault.
Salehi’s lawyer, Amir Raisian, advised the Related Press on Thursday that he had been notified of the sentence in opposition to his shopper and acknowledged that he deliberate to file an enchantment.
Salahi’s sentencing follows Amini’s dying in 2022 after her arrest by police for failing to correctly put on a hijab. Within the wake of her dying, Salahi launched rap movies that criticized the federal government, the Basij wing of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, and Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the AP reported.
Salahi was initially sentenced to six years in jail however the sentence was later rejected by Iran’s Supreme Court docket over flaws within the authentic sentencing. Salahi was launched on bail however re-arrested in November after he launched a video claiming he was tortured after his arrest in 2022.
“That is simply one other instance of the Iranian regime’s horrific and pervasive human rights abuses,” State Division spokesperson Vedant Patel advised the Related Press on Wednesday. “We as soon as once more condemn the Iranian regime’s … use of the dying sentence as a instrument to suppress individuals’s human rights and basic freedoms.”