CNN —Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi was rearrested in northern Iran on Thursday, less than two weeks after his release from prison, according to his official social media channel. A group of armed men suddenly approached Salehi and his friends and, without identifying themselves, started attacking the group, witnesses said. When nationwide protests started in mid-September last year, Salehi called for Iranians to protest against the government. “I was tortured a lot during my detention,” Salehi says in the video, posted on social media. Sources close to Salehi told CNN the rapper had recently started treatment and therapy for the injuries he sustained while in prison and was scheduled to undergo surgery in the coming days.

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