The rapper, Toomaj Salehi, 33, was one of the most prominent voices among those arrested over nationwide protests against Iran’s clerical rulers after the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, 22.

A popular rapper in Iran has been reportedly sentenced to death, his lawyer said on Thursday. Toomaj Salehi was given a death sentence by a Revolutionary Court in Isfahan, a central Iranian city ...

A rapper who supported protests in Iran after the death in custody of a young woman arrested for not wearing a hijab has been sentenced to death. Reuters reports that the media department of Iran ...

Regime’s effort to exploit US campus crackdown damaged by treatment of Toomaj Salehi An Iranian court’s decision to pass the death sentence against Toomaj Salehi, a popular Iranian rapper and ...

Iran was gripped by months-long protests ... Last month, an Iranian court sentenced popular rapper Toomaj Salehi to death for supporting the demonstrations. Nine men have been executed in protest ...

FILE - A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 28, 2022. A rapper in Iran who came to fame over his ...

A lawyer for the rapper confirmed the sentence to The Associated ... in the protests that broke out in Iran over the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s morality ...

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Friday targeting Iranian officials involved in the ...

In a country where rap is illegal, Toomaj chose rap to challenge Iran’s hardline regime which doesn’t tolerate dissent. Now ...

A lawyer for the rapper confirmed the sentence to The Associated ... in the protests that broke out in Iran over the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s morality ...

FILE - Protesters attend a rally against a death sentence given to a popular rapper in Iran and to support to the women of Iran, in Berlin, Germany, April 28, 2024. Lawmakers are introducing ...