Iranian rapper who faced death sentence is released from jail.
Toomaj Salehi’s punishment for his support for women’s rights was overturned after international protests.
Toomaj Salehi has been a thorn in the side of Iranian authorities over his lyrics mocking the regime. Toomaj Salehi, the Iranian rapper who won worldwide recognition after being sentenced to death for his support for women’s rights in Iran, has been released.Salehi had been a thorn in the side of the authorities over his aggressive lyrics that mocked the Islamic Republic’s regime for its grandiose claims to greatness. He was arrested in 2022 after rapping about the protests that broke out after a Kurdish-Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, 22, died in custody. She had been arrested for not wearing. The Times.
