London CNN —Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian dissident rapper and activist, has been released from prison, according to a statement issued Monday by his international legal team.
Salehi, 32, had been held in the Dastgerd prison in the city of Isfahan for 753 days in total, according to his team.
When he was briefly released from prison last year, Salehi posted a video to social media describing how he was tortured and held in solitary confinement.
“Toomaj should never have been in prison at all.”Though Salehi’s case was processed in Iranian courts, his family had the support of international lawyers.
“This is a time of celebration: Our brave, brilliant client Toomaj Salehi is finally free,” Caoilfhionn Gallagher, a lawyer with the Doughty Street Chambers who is the international counsel for the Salehi family, said in a statement.
Persons:
Toomaj, Salehi, ”, Arezou Eghbali Babadi, “ Toomaj, Doughty, Doughty Street Chambers, ” Caoilfhionn Gallagher, Gallagher, Ye, Kianoosh Sanjari, Negin Niknaam
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