Iranian rapper Toomaj condemns death sentences in Ekbatan case
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who has himself faced imprisonment and a death sentence, condemned the death penalties issued against four defendants in the Ekbatan case, calling the rulings “anti-human.”
“Our conscience and honor demand that we stand against this injustice,” Salehi wrote on X after months of silence on social media.
Iran’s judiciary said on Sunday that several defendants in the high-profile Ekbatan case have been sentenced to death over charges linked to the killing of a Basij member during the country’s 2022 protests, despite courts acknowledging they could not determine who caused the fatal injury.
Salehi said that the movement, widely known by its central slogan Woman Life Freedom, had fought “for justice, freedom and human dignity.”
He also said freedom of expression and media freedom had been suppressed “under the pretext of war,” while poverty continued to worsen across the country.
