Iran is using rap music to promote hardline Islamist values ... Salehi was first arrested in September 2021 after his songs ...
Dozens of rappers have been arrested in Iran since the rise of hip-hop in the country in the early 2000s. But the death ...
A 2023 report by Amnesty International found a significant increase in executions in Iran, with the country reaching nearly ...
Eight Syrian soldiers were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, the Syrian ...
There is profound concern that the Iranian authorities may move very quickly following any appeal by Salehi to implement the sentence, particularly given the documented increase in executions in Iran.
Actions taken under President Biden’s leadership set a dangerous precedent by signaling that American citizens could be taken ...
Musician Toomaj Salehi had backed anti-government nationwide protests in 2022. Aida Shakarami was detained for allegedly violating the compulsory hijab laws, her mother says.
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) is alarmed by recent reports of the rise of execution orders issued against ...
Salehi uses his music to relay the Iranian youth's frustration who, like him, reject all that the Iranian regime and those who support it stand for.
The Iranian Youth Circle organized a demonstration in downtown Montreal to denounce Iran’s missile attack on Israel, calling ...
Executions, which activists say are used by Tehran as a means to instil fear into society, have also increased in recent days ...