Popular rapper Toomaj Salehi wrote songs in support of the protest movement in Iran following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022. He has been in jail for over a year.
Popular Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to death over his role in supporting the protest movement triggered by the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, Iranian reformist newspaper Shargh Daily reported quoting the musician’s lawyer.
“Branch 1 of Isfahan Revolutionary Court … sentenced Toomaj Salehi to death on the charge of corruption on Earth,” the singer’s lawyer Amir Raisian told the newspaper.
The charge covers a broad range of offenses including those related to Islamic morality and can carry the death penalty.
Salehi, 33, was arrested for showing support for anti-government protests, following the death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini in September 2022. He had also written songs about the protests.
Well I mean if he’s a rapper…
Eh, I suppose Iran is worse.
THIS GUY DESERVES TO DIE
Can you imagine what this person would have done with Shakespeare?
Well to be fair I don’t like non-musical poetry either.
What the fuck is wrong with you? This is an actual person that’s going to actually be murdered. And you’re here saying it’s ok because he makes music you might not like. Go get help.
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I know what you mean, but you don’t have to like rap. There are people who just genuinely don’t enjoy it.
Parents just don’t understand
“Specific hatred” does not equal “don’t like”.
Eh, rap is so different from other genres imo, that it can kind of make sense, especially if their only exposure to rap is what hits charts.
The word “urban” comes to mind.