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Al Jazeera
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Maziar Motamedi

Iranian rapper wins appeal against protests-linked death sentence

Protests erupted in Iran in September after the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody [File: AP Photo]

Tehran, Iran – An Iranian rapper has won an appeal against his death sentence in relation to the country’s ongoing protests, while another man’s bid against a similar sentence was rejected.

The Iranian judiciary said on Saturday the Supreme Court had accepted the appeal of Saman Seyyedi, an ethnic Kurd rapper also known as Saman Yasin. It cited flaws in the investigation of the case without disclosing further details.

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