Iran confirms famous rapper Toomaj Salehi faces death penalty for supporting anti-regime protests

the rapper Iranian Toomaj Salehi faces a possible death penalty after being accused by the Justice of “corruption on earth”, a charge that can be punished by hanging in the Persian country.

The rapper and dissident, known by his first name Toomajalso faces the accusations of “anti-regime propaganda, cooperation with hostile states, spreading lies, inciting violence”The official ISNA news agency reported this Sunday.

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The charge of “corruption on earth” encompasses a series of crimes against public safety and Islamic morality.

The musician has shown his support for the protests that have shaken Iran since the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini after being arrested three days earlier by the Morality Police for wearing the Islamic veil incorrectly, some mobilizations led by young people in which the end of the Islamic Republic is called for.

At the end of October he was arrested for “having played a key role in creating disturbances and calling and fomenting the recent riots in Isfahan province and in the city of Shahinshahr”, then said the Isfahan city prosecutor, Mohamad Musavian.

A few days later, state television published a video of the musician in which he allegedly confessed to his crimes.

“I was wrong, I said that, as a friend, I say that they escape”, “I was wrong”, “I did not refer to you” he says in the confession, which after its publication generated the fury of several activists on social networks.

The musician has already faced the authorities in the past and was sentenced to six months in prison and a fine in January 2022 for “provoking violence and insurrection”, although the prison sentence was suspended.

Iran has been immersed in protests since the death in September of Mahsa Amini, after being detained by the Morale Police for not wearing the Islamic headscarf properly.

The mobilizations that began with the death of the 22-year-old Kurdish girl, but which have evolved and now the protesters are calling for the end of the Islamic Republic founded by Ayatollah Ruholá Khomeini in 1979.

The judicial authorities have charged at least 2,000 of the 15,000 detainees with various crimes, six of whom have so far been sentenced to death.

In addition, in the strong repression at least 342 people have died, according to the NGO Iran Human Rights, based in Oslo.

Source: Elcomercio

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