Iran's Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Toomaj Salehi, a government critic and popular hip-hop artist known for his lyrics about the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in 2022. Salehi's lawyer Amir Raisian announced on social media that the court deemed Salehi's six-year prison term as excessive and will now review the case further.
Salehi's initial death sentence by a Revolutionary Court in Isfahan had caused confusion as it was not officially confirmed by Iran's state-run IRNA news agency or the judiciary. These courts in Iran often conduct closed-door hearings with limited rights for the accused.
