Iranian rapper is sentenced to be hanged for supporting protests over the death of a woman arrested...

Mahsa Amini died in police custody in late 2022, sparking national outrage. Toomaj Salehi wrote songs critical of the regime and attended demonstrationsA popular dissident Iran ian rapper has been sentenced to death for supporting protests over the death of a woman arrested for wearing an 'improper' hijab.

Amini died in September 2022 after being arrested for allegedly violating strict hijab rules. Demonstrations since have led to thousands of arrests, as well as reports of torture and death at the hands of the Iranian state.Mahsa Amini, 22, poses in an undated photo. She died in police custody in September 2022

The Supreme Court found 'flaws in the original sentence' and returned the case to a lower court for re-examination. Salehi was first arrested in September 2021 after his songs about corruption, poverty, executions and violence against protestors went viral. Protests against the Iranian regime have intensified since the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in September 2022.

Leaked medical scans and assertions of police brutality led observers to believe she had died at the hands of the police.

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