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'We will meet Toomaj Salehi through his lyrics…
We live in the age of science, women are beaten for their beauty, thrown in
the back of a police van, taken to unnamed prisons.
Words like these are the reason the 33-year-old rapper was charged last month
with "spreading corruption on earth" and has been sentenced to death in his
beloved homeland of Iran.
Salehi was first placed behind bars in 2021 for his song
Soorakh Moosh
(Rathole). It's an evocative track that went viral in days, as it poetically
calls upon people (particularly the Iranian diaspora in the West) who turn a
blind eye to the crimes of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
If you cover your eyes, your hands are drenched in blood.
Arrest was supposed to silence Salehi, but when released on bail, he rapped
against the regime with even more fervour. He spoke of women's rights,
corruption, child labour, police brutality and impunity.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
