In a publish on social media platform X, Raisian mentioned the courtroom assessed the case and located Salehi’s previous six years in jail as “extreme” because the punishment was greater than what was allowed by regulation. He added that one other department of the courtroom will now assessment the case.
Salehi’s dying sentence in April by a Revolutionary Court within the central metropolis of Isfahan created confusion as even Iran’s state-run IRNA information company and the judiciary didn’t formally verify it. Such courts in Iran usually contain closed-door hearings with proof produced secretly and restricted rights given to these on trial.
The information rapidly drew worldwide criticism from the United States and United Nations consultants, who condemned it as an indication of Tehran’s persevering with crackdown in opposition to all dissent following years of mass protests.
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Salehi, 33, was arrested in October 2022 after publicly supporting demonstrations that erupted after the dying in custody of Amini, 22. Amini had been detained by Iran’s morality police for sporting her hijab too loosely, CBS News beforehand reported. Supporters of Salehi mentioned his costs have been based mostly on his music and participation within the protests.
Salehi rapped about Amini in a single video, saying: “Someone’s crime was dancing together with her hair within the wind.” In one other verse, he predicts the downfall of Iran’s theocracy.
The Revolutionary Court had accused Salehi of “help in sedition, meeting and collusion, propaganda in opposition to the system and calling for riots,” Raisian mentioned.
Shortly after his launch in November 2023, Salehi was despatched to jail once more after saying in a video message that he was tortured after his detention in October 2022. State media on the time launched a video displaying him blindfolded and apologizing for his phrases, an announcement more likely to have been made below duress. Later in 2023, a courtroom sentenced Salehi to greater than six years in jail.
United Nations investigators say Iran was answerable for Amini’s dying, and that it violently put down largely peaceable protests in a monthslong safety crackdown that killed greater than 500 folks and noticed over 22,000 detained. Nine males have been executed in protest-related instances involving killing and different violence in opposition to safety forces.
