• Urgent Action

Urgent Action: EXECUTION RISK FOR TORTURED DISSIDENT RAPPER (Iran 44.24)

May 20, 2024

Dissident rapper, Toomaj Salehi, is at risk of execution after a Revolutionary Court in Esfahan sentenced him to death in April 2024 solely in relation to his participation in the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising and social media posts critical of the Iranian authorities. His trial was grossly unfair, and authorities dismissed his complaints of torture, including electric shocks, death threats, and repeated beatings resulting in bone fractures and vision impairment in one eye. 

PLEASE TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE UNTIL: July 11, 2024

take action

  • Write a letter in your own words or using the sample below as a guide to one or both government officials listed. You can also email, fax, call or Tweet them.
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contact information

Head of judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei
c/o Embassy of Iran to the European Union,
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt No. 15,
1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

Supreme Leader ‘Ali Khamenei
c/o Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations
622 3rd Ave, 34th floor,
New York, NY 10017
Email: [email protected]

sample letter

Your Excellency,

I request that you halt any plans to execute 33-year-old rapper, Toomaj Salehi, quash his conviction and death sentence, and release him immediately and unconditionally, as he is held solely for the peaceful exercise of his human rights.

Pending his release, provide him with adequate healthcare and regular visits with his family and lawyers; protect him from further torture and other ill-treatment; and order an independent, effective, and impartial investigation into his torture allegations, bringing anyone suspected of criminal responsibility to justice in fair trials. I urge you to grant independent observers access to protest-related capital trials.

Yours sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]

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