Revolutionary Court Cancels Tomaj Salehi's Death Sentence and Acquits Him

Tomaj Salehi's lawyer, the protesting singer against the Islamic Republic, states that the Revolutionary Court in Isfahan, which was handling his case regarding the year 1401 and the charge of 'corruption on earth', has issued an acquittal for him. Tomaj Salehi had been sentenced to death in May for this case, but Mr. Reisi announced in early July that the Supreme Court of Iran had overturned this sentence. On Wednesday, August 24, this lawyer wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Branch 5 of the Revolutionary Court in Isfahan has issued an acquittal in this case 'where a death sentence had previously been issued.' He added that the court also issued a suspension of prosecution regarding other charges and sent two charges of disseminating false information and disturbing public order to the Criminal Court 2 due to lack of jurisdiction. Amir Reisi, in May this year following the issuance of the death sentence for Tomaj Salehi, stated: 'All we are saying is that despite [Tomaj Salehi] being among those eligible for the 1401 amnesty, he was not only not pardoned but was sentenced to death.' Mustafa Neyli, another lawyer for Tomaj Salehi, also stated on July 2 that Branch 39 of the Supreme Court had previously announced that his client 'is entitled to the announced amnesty in 1401', and said that this ruling remains 'valid'. This lawyer also pointed out that this branch had raised objections to the charges in Tomaj's case, stating that 'ultimately we will be dealing with three criminal charges' and based on this, if Mr. Salehi is convicted on all three counts, his sentence would be 'about three and a half years in prison.' The judiciary had also leveled other charges against Tomaj Salehi, but in March of last year, one of his lawyers reported that he was acquitted of the charges of 'disseminating false information' and 'inciting violent acts' regarding a video he published in 1402 in the Criminal Court 2 in Isfahan. The Supreme Court of the country overturned Tomaj Salehi's death sentence. The news of the issuance of the death sentence for this protesting singer by the Revolutionary Court sparked a widespread global outcry against this ruling, with human rights organizations and Western governments calling for the cancellation of this sentence and the release of Tomaj Salehi. Amnesty International, in a letter published in late May, stated that Tomaj Salehi had been tortured during his detention and had been continuously beaten. This imprisoned rapper was released on bail on November 27, 1402 'after enduring 252 days of solitary confinement and a total of one year and 21 days in prison', but just 12 days later, after releasing a video detailing his torture in prison, he was re-arrested with 'beating'. He was seriously involved in the widespread protests of 1401 that began with the death of Mahsa Zhina Amini in the custody of the morality police, supporting all protesters, detainees, and political activists.