Regime has hit a wall in its efforts to exploit crackdown on US unrest over Gaza as an abuse of human rights after its treatment of Toomaj Salehi
An Iranian court’s decision to pass the death sentence against Toomaj Salehi, a popular Iranian rapper and regime opponent, has led to international protests and damaged Iran’s fledgling efforts to exploit crackdowns on unrest in US university campuses over Gaza as an abuse of human rights.
Crowds gathered in the US, Europe and Canada on Sunday to support Salehi, while dozens of political prisoners in Iran’s Ghezel Hesar Prison issued a statement condemning the death sentence, calling it “the culmination of gross human rights violations in Iran.” Salehi has also won the support of major US rappers, as well as human rights groups.
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