The lawyer for one of Iran's popular hip-hop artists and a critic of the regime Toomaj Salehi says the country's Supreme Court has overturned his death sentence.
Iran 's Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a government critic and a popular hip-hop artist, Toomaj Salehi — who came to fame over his lyrics about the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini in 2022 — his lawyer Amir Raisian said Saturday.In a post on social media platform X, Raisian said the court assessed the case and found Salehi's past six years in prison as 'excessive' since the punishment was more than what was allowed by law.
Amini had been detained by Iran's morality police for wearing her hijab too loosely, CBS News previously reported. Supporters of Salehi said his charges were based on his music and participation in the protests. Salehi rapped about Amini in one video, saying: 'Someone's crime was dancing with her hair in the wind.' In another verse, he predicts the downfall of Iran's theocracy.
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