Rapper Toomaj Salehi is facing execution after being sentenced to death in Iran.
Toomaj was sentenced to death because of music and social media posts where he criticised Iran’s authorities.
He was arrested in October 2022 because alongside tens of thousands of Iranians he joined the “Women. Life. Freedom” popular uprisings calling for equality and human rights.
He says that he was tortured in detention; with electric shocks and repeated beatings that left him with bone fractures, gave electric shocks to his feet, held a gun to head and threatened to kill and bury him in a hole they dug in the ground, stomped in his chest, and left him with an eye injury affecting his eyesight.
Then, after being imprisoned, held in solitary confinement for months on end, sentenced to years in prison, he was released on bail in November 2023.
In a cruel twist, a Revolutionary Court sentenced him to death for “corruption on earth” in April 2024.
Toomaj has an appeal pending before the Supreme Court. We need to show there are people around the world standing with him. We need to show the Iranian authorities that we won’t be silent while Toomaj faces execution.
He continues to suffer from pain following his torture. He needs surgery, but the authorities have denied him access to adequate medical care.
Please, take action, and sign the petition calling for his release today.