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Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Sentenced to Death for Songs Critical of Government
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Toomaj Salehi, a dissident Iranian rapper, was sentenced to death earlier this week for releasing music critical of the government and in support of the 2022 protests in Iran.
Salehi was ultimately charged with “spreading corruption on earth,” a death penalty offense, for releasing music critical of the government and urging his followers to join the protests in videos shared on social media.
“These are the latest examples of the regime’s brutal abuse of its own citizens, disregard for human rights, and fear of the democratic change the Iranian people seek.”
The music that moves mountains, inspires us, jolts us alive, and awakens generations tells the story of real life under the harshest circumstances, in an alluring poetic prose that punches us with a felt truth and bounces perfectly over the beat at the same time.
Sure enough, a few short days ago, the Iranian community was rocked to its core once again to learn that, after two years in prison (with a brief release on bail), Toomaj had been sentenced to death by hanging, for making rap music.
Notably, an American national, Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped and taken to Iran and has been in solitary confinement for the past 3 years has also been sentenced to death by hanging, with a deadline for May 11th if the U.S. government does not hand over upward of $2 billion for his ransom.
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