Iran has sentenced a renowned rapper to death for backing protests in the country, his lawyer has said.

Hip-hop artist Toomaj Salehi, through his music, supported months of demonstrations in Iran in 2022 sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini who was arrested by morality police for allegedly wearing an "improper hijab". Officials said Amini had suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital, but her family blamed the police for her death, and reports say that she was beaten with batons and suffered a brain injury.

During the protests that followed, Salehi was one of "the leaders of the riots who promoted violence.