Headline : Iranian Rapper Sentenced to Death

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Toomaj Salehi’s death sentence is “another example of the Iranian regime’s horrific and pervasive human rights abuses,” said State Department Deputy Spokesperson Patel.

In the U.S. State Department’s recently released report on human rights conditions in 2023, dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi is mentioned among those individuals in Iran whose freedom of expression has been “severely restricted.” His case is listed as an example of how Iranian authorities “use the law to intimidate or prosecute persons who directly criticized the government or raised human rights concerns.”

The State Department noted that at the end of 2023, Salehi, who had been charged with one of highest crimes in Iran’s legal system — “corruption on earth” — was “awaiting a sentence.”

That wait is now over; Salehi has been sentenced to death.

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