A rare and unapologetic voice of defiance inside Iran, rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death for his support of the anti-government uprising in 2022.

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

A lawyer for Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi said his client has been given a death sentence for his involvement in the protests that swept Iran in 2022. "An order for the execution of Toomaj Salehi has been issued,

Outcry intensifies following the severe sentencing of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who faces execution for his protest-involved music. Salehi, an outspoken critic of his country’s regime, has consistently used his platform to publicly support the protests following the death of Mahsa Amini under the custody of Iran’s morality police.

Salehi, 33, has been arrested multiple times by Iranian forces for criticizing the regime’s corruption and suppression of protests sparked by the death of Jina “Mahsa” Amini. The 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman died while in the custody of morality police for allegedly wearing a loose headscarf.

Toomaj Salehi, a dissident Iranian rapper, was sentenced to death earlier this week for releasing music critical of the government and in support of the 2022 protests in Iran.

Toomaj’s death sentence signifies the death of our vibrant movement,” Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said in an online message sent from Evin prison in North