Iran court overturns death sentence of rapper Toomaj Salehi, lawyer says
by Patrick Wintour from World news | The Guardian on (#6NPYN)
Musician, 33, faces retrial after being sentenced to death for corruption on Earth'
Iran's supreme court has overturned the death sentence imposed on the rapper Toomaj Salehi, his lawyer said.
The decision comes in the middle of Iran's presidential election campaign but seems unrelated to the fierce public debates under way about Iran's future direction, including the rights of women not to wear the hijab if they wish.
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