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 ...

By Cassandra Vinograd and Leily Nikounazar A dissident rapper has been sentenced to death in Iran after releasing music in support of antigovernment demonstrations that rocked the country in 2022 ...

Toomaj Salehi was arrested again in Iran while fellow rapper Tataloo awaits execution, as the government intensifies its ...

The rapper has been jailed for more than ... State media said Thursday that Iran's judiciary confirmed the death sentence but added that he is entitled to a sentence reduction, Reuters reported.

JERUSALEM — A rapper in Iran who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticism of the Islamic Republic has been sentenced to death, his lawyer and rights ...

In November 2023, Iran’s Supreme Court struck ... the protests was a Kurdish-Iranian rapper, Saman Seyedi, known as “Yasin.” He was sentenced to death on “enmity against the state ...

Toomaj Salehi was released from prison in 2024 after dodging a death sentence for supporting anti-government protests. Read ...

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 ...

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian court has sentenced to death a popular rapper jailed for more than a year and a half for supporting nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, local media ...

A protester holds a sign calling to free Toomaj Salehi during a protest in solidarity with the Iranian rapper, who was sentenced to death by courts in Iran for supporting the anti-government ...

By Claire Moses Iran’s supreme court has overturned the death sentence of a dissident rapper who backed nationwide protests, according to his lawyer, reversing an April decision that had brought ...

ALBAWABA - Iran has officially announced overturning the death sentence for controversial rapper Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, best known as Amir Tataloo. His sister, Naghmeh Maghsoudloo ...