The court upheld Toomaj Saleh’s conviction for “corruption on earth” and sentenced him to the maximum penalty of death.
in Iran a rap musician has been given the death sentence Toomaj Salehille about participation in the scarf protests of 2022, the news channel reports CNN on Thursday. His lawyer wrote on the messaging service X that the execution order has been issued.
The verdict includes a twist that is not known to have happened in Iran before. On Tuesday, the Isfahan court overturned the higher court’s decision and decided to uphold Saleh’s original sentence for “corruption on earth.” At the same time, the court imposed the maximum penalty on Saleh, the death sentence.
It remains to be seen whether the parole board will reduce Saleh’s sentence if he appeals.
Iran’s headscarf uprising was a series of protests that began in the capital Tehran in September 2022. The protests began as a reaction to the 22-year-old Mahsa Admit it to death while he was being held by the police. She was accused of improperly wearing the Islamic headscarf.