Iran has released dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi more than two years after his backing of women's rights protests over Mahsa Amini's death landed him in prison.
Iran ian rapper and activist Toomaj Salehi has been released from prison more than two years after his lyrics and support of massive women's rights demonstrations that swept the country following the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini saw him jailed and eventually sentenced to death, lawyers representing him said in a statement Monday.
Salehi posted a photo on his Instagram account to thank well-wishers for their support, saying: 'For the past two years, you have done for me unpredictable, magnificent and unbelievable things, I am a part of you today.' The 33-year-old rapper was arrested in October 2022 after publicly backing the protests that erupted in the aftermath of Amini's death.
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