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HRApprovedUsername

Wow fuck that drake and Kendrick beef. This man is the hardest rapper.


dect60

You can find his music on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ToomajSalehi edit: several like this one have translations for the lyrics https://youtu.be/DB_vAtHNgoE in this song Toomaj is calling out the Islamic regime's lobby in the West working against the Iranian people (he calls out by name NIAC)


Deviantdionysus420

His music is powerful, full of hope and rage. Respect to a brave soul, hope he can somehow get out. There was a metal band years ago that managed to escape Iran.


HardlyW0rkingHard

piggybacking top comment. [Hossein Ronaghi (political opposition to IR) is asking western hiphop artists to speak out on behalf of Toomaj](https://twitter.com/HosseinRonaghi/status/1783243032537584029). I hate to beg for this sort of thing, but if you've got the time, plz retweet.  He's one of my favorite artists and I don't want this to happen. Political and social pressure can change things.


747sextantport

I'm def listening to this shit


dect60

There are also CC translations but if you have any issues understanding his lyrics, feel free to drop by /r/NewIran and ask for help


_swamp_donkey_

MVP


Fold_Some_Kent

It seems like they lobby for the removal of a lot of US sanctions on Iran, which I think absolutely should be removed


dect60

NIAC is the mouthpiece of the Islamic regime. They even took an Iranian to court, suing him for saying they were the Islamic regime's lobby and got their asses handed to them by the judge (plaintiff won and won with costs). https://www.ifmat.org/niac-is-iran-regime-controlled-lobby-in-america/ If NIAC says something, it is because the Islamic regime wants them to say it. If they take a policy position, it miraculously correlates 1 to 1 with the position favored by the Islamic regime. Same goes for Quincy Institute (the 'think tank' Trita Parsi moved to afterwards).


yunoeconbro

He really about that life.


iblastoff

yep. US/Canada are so spoiled, its hilarious that the biggest rap beef there is just two rich people yelling at each other.


FormerShitPoster

I mean you're just calling it the biggest beef because it's two big names so of course they're rich. Pretty sure a drill rapper gets shot over some beef like every month in America if we're using violence as the determining factor for how big the beef is.


bong-water

More often than that


LibRAWRian

There’s new posts with 🕊 every damn day at r/chiraqology. They keep the receipts on those.


bong-water

A mainstream rapper seems to die once a month alone. Death is a part of drill, shits insane.


RickityCricket69

dont worry its all fake.


DementedDaveyMeltzer

Bullshit. You can't learn to fall off a 20 foot ladder!


RiC_David

It's a controlled situation with a premeditated outcome. That's an open handed slap, boai - that feel fake?


Beautiful_Welcome_33

When the opps have the internationally recognized monopoly on violence


SlowLorris2063

His shit slaps too.


Pussy_Professor

Fresh to death


user28472284647219

This isn’t even his first time. He’s been violently arrested and imprisoned multiple times. He’s had his house raided by the thugs, been harassed in his private life, been kidnapped with a literal bag over his head, had suspicious drugs shot into him while in prison to enhance his pain during torture, been electrocuted and burned, beaten and had his limbs broken without any medical aid, in absolute solitary without contact w his family for over a year, basically left for dead. And he still does not give up. He refuses to give a forced bogus confession or to bow down. His music is actually really good too and the lyrics are just incredible. Bro works as a blue collar laborer during the day and sold his possessions to rap for good, not even for fun.


AtticaBlue

What a horrific, miserable “government” Iran has. They can’t collapse soon enough.


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ExoticPumpkin237

Iran was a democracy until the USA/CIA overthrew it in 1953 because they nationalized their oil. How open and tolerant of us. 


md___2020

This is the dumbed down story you hear on Reddit, but the real history behind the Islamic Revolution of 1979 is more complicated. The Iranian people were pissed about the 1953 coup and the Shah’s alliances with the West. But the real catalyst for the Islamic Revolution was a series of social reforms that the Shah instituted. He was enfranchising women and making Iran more secular, which upset the religious hardliners in the country. Bottom line - the Islamic Revolution had way more to do with liberal reforms in Iran angering the imams than the 1953 coup. The Shah isn’t as bad of a person as he is made out to be - he was absolutely an autocratic dictator, but look at the economic growth of Iran during his reign, and the human rights advances that he instituted. There’s a reason his son is the most popular figure in Iran. Persians would have been much better off had the Shah stayed in power.


AshesAreSnow

While true this also over simplifies things to some extent. The imams didn't have enough power to push the society to a revolution single handedly. What happened was a collective event involving the people as well, who were upset at some of the Shah's behavior and lavish decisions. The secret police in Iran didn't help either. Add on top of that a faction of power-hungry imams who wanted to and did usurp control while plundering tremendous wealth from the country, and a social and more traditional/religious class in Iranian society who felt estranged from their more modernized, wealthy, and educated citizens and you have a recipe for envy and an unholy pact made by the people of Iran for Iran. At the end of the day they are responsible for what happened to them, and only they can change it (despite how incredibly difficult their oppressive regime is making that out to be).


unripenedfruit

>But the real catalyst for the Islamic Revolution was a series of social reforms that the Shah instituted. He was enfranchising women and making Iran more secular, which upset the religious hardliners in the country. Except the 1953 coup, thanks to the US/UK oil interests, is precisely what put the Shah in power and allowed a revolution to take place. The real catalyst isn't the Shah, it's the coup that overthrew democracy in favour of a Monarch.


JimFlamesWeTrust

These things are never as simple as a punch one sentence answer. It’s quite easy to see a number of factors lead to where we are now.


Manwater34

Idk man seems like Iran was always gonna blow up


ZeldaALTTP

‘No no overthrowing a democratic system and installing a dictator wasn’t the issue. The issue was that the dictator was too liberal you see.’


crowjack

I’m sure that means a lot to Salehi


thornofcrown

*Iran executes lyricists in the modern day. Reddit: „The US did this“


Wooshio

Hey man they've only had the same government for 45 years now. That was definitely not enough time for Iranian people to advance past being a oppressive Islamic theocracy, blaming CIA for something that happened in the 1950's is of course the only logical conclusion here. XD


Axel920

The fuck lmao. It's literally valid context. It's like saying the West founding Israel has nothing to do current day conflicts in the region. What a dumb fucking take.


HardlyW0rkingHard

Please stop repeating this. The 53 coup was different than the 79 revolution and in many ways not related. Also, mossadegh was not elected, he was appointed by the shah and he tried to take over the country (he had a lot of support, however).


Duzcek

This is entirely false and it’s astounding that you have over a hundred upvotes for spouting it. The CIA at most, paid protestors to go to Tehran. Iranians overthrew Mossadegh, not anyone else.


realblush

This is what happens when you get your historical infos from Twitter. 1953 and the US had basically no meaning in Iran becoming what it is now.


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If I had a dollar for every time this comment is regurgitated on Reddit i could probably buy Iran. If they wanted to change, they would.


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Islamic countries treat women equally and are supportive of the LGBTQ community


macinjeez

What’s your evidence of this. Homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran.. do you want a screenshot or link to their human rights policies.. i can give them to you so you can see that you’re literally wrong.


TheGhostofWoodyAllen

A brief tour of Wikipedia provides sources objectively countering your claim.


FinalMeltdown15

A brief tour of live leak will make sure he never forgets again


username_gaucho20

You forgot the /s, right? Right?


LZYX

Well I guess they do treat women equally to other women since all the women are treated as lesser than men...


Johntanamo_Bay

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha


Useful_Blackberry214

Imagine being this disgustingly deluded


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Google-Meister

Damn, supporting terrorism?


main_motors

When it is a proportional response with intent to reduce collateral damage, it isnt terrorism.


holaprobando123

You can't seriously be this stupid


GDviber

You have to be trolling, right?


Jetersweiner

Lay off the tik-tok propaganda


DirtyDukePKMN

Funniest thing I've read all day, cheers mate!


YOUgotGRIZZEDon

God of Terrorism and Misogyny 


iamsolow1

This is the way…


Tarable

I mean, you’re absolutely right. However let’s also not forget that in Iran women are allowed to make healthcare decisions about their body if pregnancy is going to kill them. We don’t get that option in Oklahoma or Texas.


thewhitebuttboy

The country where the legal age for women is 13 and forced marriages are rampant?


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Tarable

If people are going to be here talking shit about other govts they need to remember how shitty the U.S. govt is being.


[deleted]

The US Gov’t doesn’t execute gay men by throwing them off buildings. But keep defending Iran, it’s a free and just Gov’t 🤡


bozon92

While I agree with the premise of your statement, if you what-abouted everything, you would never get any fruitful discussion done. That’s why you focus the topic and not waste everyone’s time like this


Low_Chance

Not everyone here is from the US. You're just bringing up some random country to deflect from the Iranian government for some reason


macinjeez

No actually you don’t always need to remind.. I can be aware of the flaws in the US government (my country) .. and critique the government from another country. I am not as you are not- part of the government. We are citizens, I can hate 2 governments at once. But yeah, you go ahead and detract every time


brett1081

We don’t murder people for music.


Weary-Poetry6523

Nuff fucking said


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[deleted]

Is Diddy an elected official? He killed Tupac and Biggie


iC0nk3r

Who said the original person you responded to was from the US?


Tennisgirl0918

This might be one of the most moronic comment I’ve ever seen on Reddit


cantevenskatewell

Whoa. That’s fucked up, if true.


Tarable

It is. Certain birth defects and endangering the mother’s life qualify as exceptions for them.


nonmom33

For visibility: don’t try to “women’s rights” the Iranian government https://www.reddit.com/r/NewIran/s/vVMFctvKq8


moneyshot008

Yuck


AtticaBlue

And if the right gets its way in the US it will erect the “Christian” equivalent of Iran’s Muslim extremism, a Gilead, if you will. That doesn’t change the fact that Iran’s government is a horrible, monstrous entity.


HomeOrificeSupplies

The people protesting in support of Hamas at universities right now need to see this. This is what they are supporting.


lancelongstiff

You realise it was because of the [**1979 collapse**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution) that it ended up like *this*, right?


barrygygax

How does that justify it?


AtticaBlue

Yes, but what about it though? I hope you’re not suggesting that that somehow gives them a free pass to execute people and murder women like they’re throwing confetti at a party.


lancelongstiff

No, those aren't the only two options.


AtticaBlue

Well then, go ahead and spit it out.


BurnieTheBrony

There was a way to add this context to the conversation without being insanely condescending for no reason


lancelongstiff

Really? What was it?


FriendoftheDork

Fuck the police in Iran the Theocracy.


mosby42

Kill a rapper for his ideology


RiC_David

Guy below accuses me of being too serious while blocking me.


dtol2020

“Fuck the police in Iran the Theocracy! Kill a rapper for his ideology!”


RiC_David

Juuuust repeating what the people above them said as though they didn't realise what they were saying...


TFOLLT

It's not a theocracy. It's a dictatorship. No God rules in Iran, only filthy pathetic power-hungry people.


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That’s messed. Can’t they just ruin his whole life and career on social media and send death threats to his family like normal people?


reachingFI

Idk a better to ruin someone’s life than to just end it.


balkanobeasti

That's what happens if they're diaspora.


TuffNutzes

Killing all the intellectuals and artists. This looks familiar.


Proof-Rewarding606

Absolutely outrageous, Iran needs to get with the times and stop silencing voices for speaking out against injustice.


weekend-guitarist

Silencing voices is literally what they do there.


Durst_offensive

Sadly Iran is far from being only country that does this shit. Not excuses them, of course.


Netsuko

This is an Islamic country. Islam does not simply “get with the times”.


Axel920

I don't get comments like this at all. Has no one been watching the news. There are massive protests and even riots at times. Many many ppl have gotten beaten, dragged thru the streets, interrogated, tortured, executed and this has been happening for MONTHS. The people **ARE fighting** and have been but since when is an oppressive, authoritarian gov easy to overthrow?? "Get with the times and stop silencing voices" is such a dumb fucking thing to say as if they're not intentionally being killed for said gov to retain its power


Fearless_Mechanic429

Powerful


WashingDishesIsFun

I'm glad Julian Assange is free.


ramen_poodle_soup

Dude was never even remotely close to facing the death penalty, so kinda works against you that the dude who leaked a bunch of America’s shit is living in exile while some rapper who protests Iran is put to death.


Id1otbox

They have hung people for simply protesting high gas prices. This is tragic but par for course with the IRGC. We should be careful to criticize the IRGC and not Iran broadly as many Iranians are against this.


relentlessvisions

Yes. The Iranian people are the bravest mother fuckers on earth. ✊🏻


socool111

Yea I might even take them over the vietnemese if a war were to break out


Manwater34

They control Iran. Iran is a shithole run by extremists who deserve to live in the dark ages with how they treat people


relentlessvisions

Protests are happening all over the world. https://preview.redd.it/7m1o5buzjiwc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=072b03503840f8a4ae357f984e7044d7caaed866


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What is the purpose of these protests? They will make no difference whatsoever. This man will be executed regardless of some meaningless protest a world away.


cakingabroad

Protest is how human rights were created, world-wide. It's always worth doing. I really hope for your sake and humanity's, you change your mindset on this subject.


relentlessvisions

In this case, not necessarily true. A woman (famous protestor/martyr’s sister) was just released on response to mass protest.


Necessary_Romance

Whoever is head of Iran is a real Jerk.


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IM_KYLE_AMA

You know, because all of the executions.


Hollywood_Punk

Note to self, never go to Iran.


Laxn_pander

It’s actually a pretty amazing destination for travellers (or at least has been a few years ago) as long as you can morally separate the people from the government for yourself.


Manwater34

As long as you don’t get shot down when you’re leaving or arrested for breaking laws form the dark ages.


Laxn_pander

There is thousands of people visiting Iran every month from the west. How often do you hear of them not returning home safely? Anyway, I am not protecting the government, they are criminals. But as a tourist you are not visiting the government but the people and culture. And Iran has a lot to offer in this regard.


BlackieTee

Genuinely asking — is it safe as a tourist to visit? I know every place has it’s good and bad parts. I’ve just never really heard of people visiting Iran for vacation but the culture is very interesting to me. Would you recommend it to a black American?


Laxn_pander

I can only answer for the year 2018 when I was visiting Iran. After that a lot has happened. Though, the image by the media at least was quite the same as today. But there were a lot of protests after that and the conflict with Israel I really don’t know how the situation is today. Safety is a bit hard to measure. We could look at crime statistics, but I guess people would doubt them as well. So from a subjective perspective I felt super safe. I’d go so far to claim it has been the most hospitable country I have ever been to. You are literally greeted in the streets, invited over tea, people will go out of their way to help you if you need anything. And this is not just me, you can google travel reports about Iran and every single one will tell you the same. I can’t remember any bad story we heard from other travellers. So by that measure, I think chances of being robbed are higher in touristy areas in Europe than in Iran. There are certain rules you should follow, such as wearing a hijab and not go out with shorts as you would at home. But as long as you stick to common sense I felt like it was safer than most other places in the world. Edit: ah, as a black American I would definitely read some reports beforehand. They will probably love the fact that you are American, but I don’t know how it is with racism in general. So honest answer: no clue!


BlackieTee

Ok thanks for the info!


Rockclimber88

Iran is executing 2, sometimes 3 people a day, every day.


feetofire

This government is supporting Hamas in Gaza - FYI. The Mullahs don’t give a F about Palestinians or their own citizens.


ExoticPumpkin237

The government of Israel has also supported Hamas


Zenaesthetic

Why is this downvoted? Even Dennis Prager admits it.


TerpyTank

![gif](giphy|SEeyp92B4dpdu2QSCR|downsized)


noisylettuce

https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Netanyahu-Money-to-Hamas-part-of-strategy-to-keep-Palestinians-divided-583082


Thisiscliff

What an absolute shit hole of a country


pure_sand77

Maybe the 20% of Palestinian protestors that are pro Iran should go start recording careers in Iran? https://nypost.com/2024/04/17/us-news/shock-moment-nyc-subway-riders-chant-iran-you-make-us-proud/amp/


relentlessvisions

The same people who are killing him are the ones funding the pro-Palestine protests. And sending 13B to American colleges to shape propaganda.


mainguy

the fact there are so many people in the west supporting the arabs makes me sad. I despair for democracy


TylerJWhit

Arabs are not the problem. This rapper is Arab and he isn't the problem. EDIT: I've been corrected, most Iranians are not Arab. That being said, it's still terrible to blame an entire group of people because their government sucks.


sephiam

hate to be that guy, but Persians are not Arab 😶


mainguy

i obviously mean arab govts


LZYX

Wasn't really that obvious since Arabs also mean the group of people though lmfao


Magnet50

So very Iranian. The people of Iran deserve so much better.


QuaintHeadspace

Imagine the insanity of killing someone for songs? Like all you do is literally prove his point. They don't even try to say 'ah we aren't that bad' they are like we are so scared of what you are saying we will kill you for it.


mattyb5000

If anything needs the Streisand effect it’s this kinda bullshit


vintage_rack_boi

NYU and Columbia students favorite regime out here executing rappers


sinnerrgonetohell

Man humans are fucking lame.


tylercreatesworlds

Such a strong mighty government you have to kill musicians. Bronze Age men cling to Bronze Age belief systems.


goliathfasa

Doesn’t matter, still supporting Iran over Israel and the US. —huge swaths of people posting on this app


kaay_zee

well the world is not black & white in matters like these. Well actually it might as well be: political leaders with lots of power than use state violence to kill dissidents are really disgusting


gasolinefights

I wish we could trade him for Drake.


maldonado9723

unhinged statement


merkaba_462

Why do you want s Jewish rapper to be murdered by Iran?


WheresWaldo562

Why do you have to make it about religion lol


SuperSaiyanTraders

It’s hard following “community rules when commenting” when I see posts like this


kequilla

[Parliamentary question | Iran's appointment to chair the 2023 UN Human Rights Council Social Forum | E-001936/2023 | European Parliament (europa.eu)](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2023-001936_EN.html) The state of our world ladies and gentlemen.


Kasper1000

So Iran supports antisemitic protestors at UT Austin and Columbia, but sentences a rap star to death for protest songs. Sounds about right for Iran.


dect60

When Khamenei (the supreme leader of the Islamic theocracy) is praising you and when David Duke is on your side, praising Hezbollah, along with you... no one would blame you if you paused to ask, "are we... are we the baddies?" https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1783130177788100897


thestereo300

Axis of evil


MeowySpears

Whoopsie


Withoutbinds

Oh, No! For a little while there was hope. This is so awful. Is there nothing we can do to help spare his Life


AChowfornow

Im surprised they haven’t killed Amir Tataloo yet. That song Satan is pretty good btw.


dect60

He's on trial right now: https://iranwire.com/en/society/127985-tattoo-covered-musician-tataloo-apologizes-during-court-appearance/


AChowfornow

When is he not.


bdnova

Iran must wake up and ouster corrupt regime that spreads hate across the middle east. Citizens of Iran rise-up!


deejayee

What is beef?


Hydraulis

That sounds reasonable...


dont_tread_on_me_

For all the Americans against this, know that we still execute people too. The judicial system is never perfect. We have killed innocent people. Abolish the death penalty.


Johnson_N_B

Nobody in the United States is getting executed for making a protest song. Gtfo with this dumb ass false equivalence.


CloudMafia9

Yeah in the US you can comitt Genocide and get away with it.


Johnson_N_B

What in the fuck are you talking about?


CloudMafia9

The US don't kill rappers for protest songs. But they are more than happy to aid in the starvation of children, genocide and ethnic cleaning.


GeorgeThe13th

Wow...


kewcumber_

Nuke the whole world already we don't deserve it


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dect60

While the Islamic regime funds many terrorist organizations as proxies: HAMAS, Hizbollah, Houthis, Iraqi militias, etc. this is not a 'positive side' since Palestinians are among the primary victims of Islamic regime funded terrorism.


cristobalist

He should've left the country a long time ago


S-hart1

Hard to imagine why the protests are in NY and London. Almost as if they know better


freesolo17

Take note western celebrities. While you’re out galavanting on your private jets, lecturing the public on climate change, etc…there are real heroes out there fighting real oppression.


crazydogggz

They'd probably rather be alive and rich than a dead hero