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Iran Supreme Court accepts rapper Yasin's appeal against death sentence

24 December 2022 19:19 (UTC +04:00)

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, the country's judiciary said on Saturday, APA reports citing Reuters.

Yasin, a Kurd who raps about inequality, oppression and unemployment, had been accused of attempting to kill security forces, setting a rubbish bin on fire and shooting three times into the air, charges which he denied.

Yasin's mother last week pleaded in a video for help to save her son. "Where in the world have you seen a loved one's life is taken for a trash bin?" she said in the video posted on social media.

The Court had initially said it had accepted the appeals of Yasin and another protestor, but in a subsequent statement the judiciary's Mizan news agency said only that of Yasin had been accepted.

"The public relations of the Supreme Court of Iran has corrected its news: 'The appeal of Mohammad Qabadloo has not been accepted ... Saman Seydi's appeal has been accepted by the Supreme Court," the agency said.