Iran's Supreme Court has accepted the death sentence appeal of rapper Saman Seydi Yasin even as it confirmed a death sentence against another protestor, Iran's judiciary said on December 24. Yasin who raps about inequality, oppression, and unemployment, had been accused of attempting to kill security officers among other charges. The court had initially said it had accepted the appeals of Yasin and another protestor, but the judiciary later said only that of Yasin had been accepted. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
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