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Iran releases rapper famous for lyrics about 2022 killing of Mahsa Amini
1 month, 1 week ago

Iran releases rapper famous for lyrics about 2022 killing of Mahsa Amini

The Hindu  

Iran released a government critic and popular hip-hop artist who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, local media reported Tuesday. Commenting on his release, New York-based Artist At Risk Connection, an organization that protects artists and cultural workers who are at risk because of their creative expression, said in a statement: “This case …

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Iran releases rapper famous for lyrics about 2022 killing of Mahsa Amini
1 month, 1 week ago

Iran releases rapper famous for lyrics about 2022 killing of Mahsa Amini

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran released a government critic and popular hip-hop artist who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, local media reported Tuesday. Commenting on his release, New York-based Artist At Risk Connection, an organization that protects artists and cultural workers who are at risk because of their creative expression, said …

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Toomaj Salehi, Iranian dissident rapper, released from prison
1 month, 1 week ago

Toomaj Salehi, Iranian dissident rapper, released from prison

CNN  

London CNN — Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian dissident rapper and activist, has been released from prison, according to a statement issued Monday by his international legal team. Salehi thanked his supporters on social media on Monday, writing: “Over the past two years you have done things for me that were unpredictable, glorious and unbelievable.” Earlier this year, the United States …

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Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi cleared of charge after death sentence overturned
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi cleared of charge after death sentence overturned

CNN  

CNN — Toomaj Salehi, the Iranian dissident rapper who escaped the death penalty earlier this summer has been cleared entirely of the original charges by a lower court in Isfahan, central Iran. But in a reversal of the high-profile case, Salehi’s sentenced was later overturned by the Iranian Supreme Court and referred back to the lower court in Isfahan for …

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Iran overturns death sentence of rapper famous for lyrics about the death of protester Mahsa Amini
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran overturns death sentence of rapper famous for lyrics about the death of protester Mahsa Amini

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a government critic and a popular hip-hop artist, Toomaj Salehi — who came to fame over his lyrics about the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini in 2022 — his lawyer Amir Raisian said Saturday. Salehi’s death sentence in April by a Revolutionary Court in the …

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Iran overturns death sentence of popular hip-hop rapper, a critic of the government
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran overturns death sentence of popular hip-hop rapper, a critic of the government

LA Times  

Protesters in Berlin in April attend a rally against a death sentence given to Toomaj Salehi, a popular rapper in Iran and to support the women of Iran. Iran’s Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a government critic and a popular hip-hop artist, Toomaj Salehi — who came to fame over his lyrics about the death in police custody …

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Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj has death sentence overturned
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj has death sentence overturned

CNN  

CNN — Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi had his death sentence overturned by the Iranian Supreme Court this week in what his lawyers have deemed a victory for human rights in Iran. On Saturday, his lawyer Amir Raesian broke the news of the reversal in a post on X, saying that the Iranian Supreme Court had “avoided irreparable judicial error” …

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US lawmakers push to sanction Iranian officials over death sentence for rapper Toomaj Salehi
7 months, 1 week ago

US lawmakers push to sanction Iranian officials over death sentence for rapper Toomaj Salehi

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Friday targeting Iranian officials involved in the prosecution and death sentence of a rapper who came to fame for his lyrics about the 2022 death of an Iranian woman and his criticism of the Islamic Republic. The proposal would impose sanctions on the judges, prosecutors and investigators of Iran’s Revolutionary Courts …

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Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation after fatal helicopter crash
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation after fatal helicopter crash

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran interred President Ebrahim Raisi at the nation’s holiest Shiite shrine Thursday, days after he was killed in a helicopter crash that added to the woes of a country already beset by international sanctions, internal unrest and tensions abroad. For now, there’s no clear favorite for the position among Iran’s political elite — particularly no …

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Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran inters its late president at holiest Shiite site in nation

LA Times  

Flag-draped coffins of President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, during their funeral ceremony in the city of Mashhad, Iran, on Thursday. Iran interred President Ebrahim Raisi at the nation’s holiest Shiite shrine Thursday, days after he was killed in a helicopter crash that added to the woes of a country already …

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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was jailed after he called out the Islamic Republic. Now he's facing the death penalty
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was jailed after he called out the Islamic Republic. Now he's facing the death penalty

ABC  

In a country where criticising the government can get you killed, Toomaj Salehi has remained fearless. Mahsa Jina Amini was arrested by Iranian authorities for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly and died in custody in 2022. trying to celebrate a world that should exist; an Iran that is free," says Nik Williams, a campaigner at the Index on Censorship, …

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Iranian rapper who came to fame during 2022 protests sentenced to death, lawyer says
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Iranian rapper who came to fame during 2022 protests sentenced to death, lawyer says

LA Times  

A demonstrator holds a placard with a picture of Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian police custody inspired songs by rapper Toomaj Salehi, now reportedly sentenced to death for criticizing the Islamic State. Confusion still surrounds the sentence issued against 33-year-old metal shop worker Toomaj Salehi, as even the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency, or IRNA, and Iran’s judiciary did …

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Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi rearrested less than two weeks after release from prison
1 year, 1 month ago

Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi rearrested less than two weeks after release from prison

CNN  

CNN — Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi was rearrested in northern Iran on Thursday, less than two weeks after his release from prison, according to his official social media channel. The supreme court also took into consideration the general amnesty order announced by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February when granting the appeal for Salehi’s case. The Iranian judiciary …

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Iran sends a hip-hop artist who rapped about hijab protests back to jail
1 year, 1 month ago

Iran sends a hip-hop artist who rapped about hijab protests back to jail

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran sent a popular rapper back to jail less that two weeks after his release from prison on bail, an Iranian news website reported Thursday. Mizanonline.ir, an online news outlet affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, said authorities arrested Toomaj Salehi on a new charge of “spreading lies and violation of public opinion.” Salehi was released from …

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Asian Youth and Junior weightlifting fairy day five
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Youth and Junior weightlifting fairy day five

The Hindu  

Lifters from Uzbekistan dominated the proceedings in both men and women on Day Five of the Asian Youth and Junior weightlifting championships on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, winning four golds, one silver and two bronze medals. Khikamillo Khaydarov finished on top in the Youth 73kg category with a total lift of 287kg while Ludmila Elefteriadi totalled 177kg to take the …

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Hichkas: The songs that defied the Iranian government
1 year, 8 months ago

Hichkas: The songs that defied the Iranian government

BBC  

Hichkas: The songs that defied the Iranian government Hichkas/YouTube Hichkas As Iranian rappers like Hichkas are forced into exile, and others like Toomaj Salehi and Saman Yasin are imprisoned, Arian Khameneh takes a look at the genre of music that has soundtracked an era of protest. Despite the government branding hip-hop as "Satanism", Iranian rap spread via the internet and …

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Teachers protest over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings
1 year, 10 months ago

Teachers protest over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian teachers protested Tuesday over suspected poisonings targeting schoolgirls, as a prominent lawmaker and an activist group put the number of those reporting symptoms into the thousands across hundreds of schools. “The poisonings are further forcing a domestic conversation along Iran’s deep social divides between religious conservative Iranians and more secular liberal Iranians,” risk-intelligence firm …

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Iran makes first arrests as schoolgirl poisoning cases top 5,000
1 year, 10 months ago

Iran makes first arrests as schoolgirl poisoning cases top 5,000

Firstpost  

Scores of Iranian schools have been hit by poisonings since late November, with pupils suffering symptoms ranging from shortness of breath to nausea and vertigo after reporting “unpleasant” odours on school premises Tehran: Iran announced Tuesday it had made the first arrests in a spate of mystery poisonings of schoolgirls that has affected more than 5,000 pupils since late November. …

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Protests persist as Iran holds first court sessions for ‘rioters’
2 years, 2 months ago

Protests persist as Iran holds first court sessions for ‘rioters’

Al Jazeera  

Iranian officials criticise a UN rapporteur while a large number of journalists calls for the freeing of their arrested colleagues. ‘Let’s free the journalists’ Amini died days after being detained by Iran’s morality police and taken to a “re-education centre” for allegedly not fully complying with the country’s mandatory dress code. “Let’s free the journalists.” Its publication came two days …

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Protesters rally in Iran to mark 40 days since woman's death
2 years, 2 months ago

Protesters rally in Iran to mark 40 days since woman's death

The Independent  

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Can crypto help Afghans? Some think so
2 years, 7 months ago

Can crypto help Afghans? Some think so

Al Jazeera  

Crypto enthusiasts say it’s the only solution to the cash crunch that was created when the Taliban took over. “If we could have introduced people to crypto earlier, then the banking system could have been saved,” says Sayed Mansoor, one of the founders of the Falcon Investing Company, which trades crypto and runs a crypto-to-cash exchange while also offering training …

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IAEA highlights ‘complicated’ Iran ties as nuclear talks continue
3 years, 7 months ago

IAEA highlights ‘complicated’ Iran ties as nuclear talks continue

Al Jazeera  

Tehran, Iran – As nuclear talks to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal appear likely to be extended, a report by the global nuclear watchdog has highlighted its complicated monitoring relationship with Iran. According to Iran’s Vienna envoy Kazem Gharibabadi, he pointed out in the letter that Iran recently agreed to keep recording its nuclear facilities for another month in order …

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Biden Says Iranian Enrichment To 60% Unhelpful, But Glad About Talks
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden Says Iranian Enrichment To 60% Unhelpful, But Glad About Talks

News 18  

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called Iran’s enrichment of uranium to 60% purity unhelpful but said he is pleased Tehran is still in indirect talks with Washington about both countries resuming compliance with the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal. “We do not support and do not think it’s at all helpful that Iran is saying it’s going to move to …

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Iran starts enriching uranium at 60%, its highest level ever
3 years, 8 months ago

Iran starts enriching uranium at 60%, its highest level ever

Al Jazeera  

The announcement is likely to raise tensions as Iran negotiates with world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement. Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran has started 60 percent uranium enrichment at Natanz nuclear facility, days after an explosion at the site that Tehran blamed on Israel. “We are now getting nine grams per hour,” Ali Akbar Salehi …

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