Iran verhängt Todesurteil gegen Rap-Star, der wegen Protestsongs verhaftet wurde

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-24/iran-hands-death-sentence-to-rapper-toomaj-salehi-for-protest-songs

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  1. *From Bloomberg News reporter Golnar Motevalli:*

    A prominent Iranian hip hop musician who was arrested for his protest lyrics and social media posts has been sentenced to death by an Iranian court, the reformist Shargh newspaper reported.

    Toomaj Salehi was arrested in October 2022 during nationwide protests that were triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who had been arrested by so-called morality police for allegedly violating strict Islamic dress codes.

    Salehi’s music and online posts were fiercely critical of Iran’s Islamic leadership and he was a strong supporter of the uprising, which was mostly led by women and young people.

    Salehi was initially sentenced in July 2023 to more than six years in prison and charged with “corruption on Earth”, a crime that carries the death sentence under Iran’s Islamic laws.

  2. This is just another example of why the current regime in Iran needs to go.

  4. When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

    – George R.R. Martin

  6. This won’t deter the Iranian people , it’s likely to inspire more protests.

  7. So that’s it for him? No support from prominent figures?

  8. >Iran Hands Death Sentence to Rap Star Arrested for Protest Songs

    Thereby proving who really deserves it – the psychopathic, sadistic, fundamentalist, genocidal regime.

  9. All these protestors in the West cheering on the Iranian government while they do things like this

  10. this regime are the fiends of all the students protesting for hamas! this is their ally

  12. Unlike some rappers in the US, there wasn’t enough anti semitism in his lyrics…

  13. this is why religious people shouldn’t be allowed in government.

  15. What a great country to have the atomic bomb. Surely they will act responsibly with such weapons.

  16. They couldn’t do shit to Israel and now they’re taking it out on unarmed civilians. Coward motherfuckers

  17. Yah because this is exactly how you gain support for your already failing regime. These poor people need the tools to defend themselves.

  18. Can’t wait to see more videos of Western leftists chanting how proud they are of Iran.

  19. Isn’t Iran like the leader of Human rights in the UN or something?
    I dunno please enlighten me.!

  21. It’s kind of funny to see westerners use this is some sort of gotcha against protesting in America. Are we to believe these same right wing hard liners were supportive of people’s right to demonstrate in 2020? Don’t try to act like you suddenly don’t subscribe to that same old law and order mantra now. 

  23. Crazy to me China supports this country so openly

  25. Wait… But cenk yogurt advocates for that regime. He says this regime is representing the people of Iran. I’m really confused rn…

  29. Fuck the Iranian police straight from the underground- nwa probably

  32. Iran vs Israel reminds me of that Alien vs Preditor tag line ‘Whoever wins, we lose’.

  33. Government people in various countries bringing harm to their own citizens by corporeal punishment not because the prisoner hurt or killed another, but for being an indirect threat to an office of people that make government decisions Government people do not expect to suffer any consequence for making a decision to end someone’s life. There is no mercy on someones life, despite the alleged harm being intangible beyond the thoughts of a few

  34. Columbia and NYU will lead protests right? Right?

    They will call on actions against iran? Right? Right?

    Ohhhh they chanted “ iran makes them proud “ 🤦‍♂️

    We should forgive their school loans they didn’t learn much.

  35. This is the country that heads the UN council on human rights.

  36. I don’t expect the world to fight for us Iranians, but when the likes of Josep Borrell won’t classify the IRGC as a terrorist group, and when many Western leaders continue to accommodate the IRI (Iran’s occupiers), then the oppression will continue. The case of Toomaj will now gain attention, but imagine the countless young individuals who were/are arrested, raped, and murdered by this regime.

  37. Worst is, a lot of people support the Iranian regime without truly knowing/understanding what they do.

  38. We don’t see protests on campus about this though, sadly. This is real activism right here.

  39. Let’s hope the Gaza protestors take this cause. Ha!

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