Iran Flips Death Sentence for Popular Rapper

Iran Flips Death Sentence for Popular Rapper

Newser - Crime·2024-06-23 01:02

Iran's Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a government critic and a popular hip-hop artist, Toomaj Salehi, who came to fame over his lyrics about the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini in 2022, his lawyer, Amir Raisian, said Saturday. In a post on X, Raisian said that the court assessed the case and found Salehi's past sentence of six years in prison to be "excessive," as the punishment was more than what was allowed by law. He added that another branch of the court will now review the case, per the AP.

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