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Dec 2, 2024

Iran frees rapper Toomaj Salehi jailed for supporting protests

Iran frees rapper Toomaj Salehi jailed for supporting protests
Iran frees rapper Toomaj Salehi jailed for supporting protests
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The Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was sentenced to death in April for his support of anti-regime protests, has been released from prison by the Iranian authorities.

Salehi was sentenced by a revolutionary court in April for backing the Woman, Life, Freedom protests in September 2022 after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman who died in police custody.

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