Hip-hop artist Toomaj Salehi rapped about the Islamic Revolution’s “failure,” filming himself at protests and inspiring demonstrators. Now, he could be hanged in public after a court charged him with “corruption on earth.”
Demonstrators gather at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to protest the arrest of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi on Nov. 4, 2022.
Iranian mourners march towards Aichi cemetery in Saqez in Iranian Kurdistan to mark 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death on Oct. 26, 2022.Using his voice and lyrics, Salehi came out in support of the anti-government protesters from the beginning.an Instagram post “How many young people did you kill to build towers for yourself?” the rapper demands of a shadowy figure dressed in black.their young children and someone has lost their youth. Someone’s crime was having hair that flows free in the wind,” Salehi sings. “Someone’s crime was having a brave heart and a sharp tongue.”that intelligence officers had arrested Salehi again as he was trying to flee the country.
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