Hip hop artist Toomaj Salehi has been described as one of the main voices of the Iranian revolution. (EPA PHOTO)
Iran's supreme court has overturned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence on charges linked to the country's 2022-23 period of unrest, his lawyer says.
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"The death sentence of #Toomaj_Salehi was overturned and based on the appeal decision ... of the Supreme Court, the case will be referred to (another) branch for consideration," his lawyer Amir Raisian wrote in a post on social media platform X on Saturday.
There was no immediate official confirmation of the ruling.
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.
Australian Associated Press
