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Dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, sentenced to death, acquitted by Iranian court

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was previously sentenced to death for his involvement in the 2022-2023 protests, has been acquitted, according to a post by his lawyer Amir Raisian on X on Wednesday.

Raisian announced that the Revolutionary Court of Isfahan had acquitted the artist of "corruption."

Salehi's songs supported protests sparked by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish Iranian woman arrested for allegedly wearing an "improper" hijab.