Toomaj Salehi detained in April on charges of \u201cinciting unrest\u201d in country from 2022-23 after Mahsa Amini\u2019s death
\n tehran
\nIranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been released from custody after being sentenced to death for speaking out against the country\u2019s regime.
\nSalehi was released from prison on December 1 after his one-year sentence came to an end, according to Mizan news agency.
\nA revolutionary court sentenced the rapper to death in April on charges of \u201cinciting unrest\u201d in the country from 2022 to 2023. His music supported protests after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in September 2022 after she was taken into custody for wearing the hijab \u201cimproperly\u201d, going against Iran\u2019s dress code, according to Sky News.
\nThe protests following Amini\u2019s death were massive and Salehi was one of \u201cthe leaders of the riots who promoted violence\u201d, said Iran International at the time.
\nHe was taken to prison in October 2022 after publicly supporting the nationwide protests.
\nThe next year, he was sentenced to six years in captivity but then he was briefly released on bail before being arrested on further charges.
\nThen in 2024, he was sentenced to death in April 2024.
\nPeople in Spain, France, Germany, America, Australia and London turned to the streets in protest wearing masks of his face.
\nIn May, more than 100 artists including Coldplay and author of \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d Margaret Atwood, signed a joint statement demanding Salehi to be released from prison.
\n\u201cWe stand in solidarity with Toomaj Salehi,\u201d the statement read.
\n\u201cNo artist should be subject to any kind of judicial harassment for exercising their right to freedom of expression, much less be sentenced to death,\u201d it added.
\nSalehi\u2019s death sentence was overturned by Iran\u2019s Supreme Court in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Toomaj Salehi detained in April on charges of \u201cinciting unrest\u201d in country from 2022-23 after Mahsa Amini\u2019s death tehran Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been released from custody after being sentenced to death for speaking out against the country\u2019s regime. Salehi was released from prison on December 1 after his one-year sentence came to an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-447052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n