Iran sentences rapper to death for supporting Mahsa Amini protests

An Iranian revolutionary court sentenced the rapper to death this Wednesday Tomaj Salehi for sedition, propaganda against the system and incitement to riot during the protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Aminithe young woman arrested for wearing the veil incorrectly, her lawyer, Amir Raesian, informed local media.

The first chamber of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court “condemned Tomaj Salehi to the most severe punishment, death, on the charge of corruption on earth.”reported Amir Raisianthe musician’s lawyer, to the reformist newspaper Shargh.

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The lawyer explained that the court considered the charges of sedition, collusion against the system, propaganda against the system and incitement to riots that weighed against Salehi as examples of “corruption on earth” for which he handed down the death sentence against the musician.

The accusation of corruption in the country covers a series of crimes against public security and islamic morality.

Raeisiano described the phrase as “unprecedented” and announced that he will appeal the decision.

Salehi He was arrested in late October 2022 and charged with “corruption on earth” for supporting the protests triggered by the death on September 16 of that year Mahsa Amini after being arrested for not wearing the Islamic veil properly.

In July 2023, a revolutionary court condemned Salehi to six years and three months in prison, a sentence that was rejected on appeal by the Federal Supreme Court, which returned the case to a court of first instance to re-study it.

In November 2023 it was put into operation bailbut was arrested again just eleven days later.

The rapper and dissident, known by his given name – Tomaj -, has faced authorities in the past and was sentenced to six months in prison and a fine in January 2022 for “provoke violence and insurrection”although the prison sentence was suspended.

He is also a singer Shervin Hajipur He was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for “propaganda against the system and incitement to riots” for his song “Baraye” (Stop), which became the anthem of the protests.

The death of Amini It provoked strong protests that for months called for the end of the Islamic Republic and only disappeared after a repression that caused 500 deaths and the arrest of at least 22,000 people and in which eight protesters were executed, one of them in public.

Many women stopped wearing the veil after the protests as a gesture of civil disobedience and now the authorities have taken to the streets again to respond Morality Police to reimpose the use of Islamic dress.

Source: Elcomercio

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