The rapper, Toomaj Salehi, was initially arrested after releasing music in support of the 2022 protests over the death of a young woman in police custody.

A rapper in Iran who rose to fame after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticizing the Islamic Republic has been sentenced to death, his lawyer said.

An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi to death for charges linked to Iran's 2022-23 unrest, his lawyer told Iranian newspaper Sharq on Wednesday.

A cousin and associates of Toomaj Salehi, the Iranian rapper sentenced to death for speaking against the country's regime, spoke about his sentence.

Toomaj Salehi had originally been sentenced to six months in prison, but charges including ‘assistance of sedition’ were added

Salehi was initially arrested in October 2022 after making public statements in support of the nationwide protests. He wrote raps about the protests and posted pictures and videos online. He has been described as the world’s bravest rapper by Western media.

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 reported Wednesday.

In light of his participation in nationwide protests in 2022, Iranian authorities have sentenced rapper Toomaj Salehi to death on charge of "

Demonstrators around the globe, including here in Los Angeles, came out over the weekend to protest the Iranian Revolutionary Court’s death sentence against rapper Toomaj Salehi, according to multiple reports.