Members of the Iranian community wore masks depicting the face of Toomaj Salehi and erected a mock gallows outside Downing Street.
Demonstrators have protested in central London against a death sentence given to a popular rapper in Iran.
The 33-year-old was sentenced to death by an Iranian court earlier this week for his support of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, which developed after protests in Iran in 2022.The protests broke out after Mahsa Amini, 22, died in the custody of the country’s morality police after being detained for wearing her hijab too loosely.
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