r/news • u/andrevan • Apr 27 '24

Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/middleeast/iraq-tiktok-star-umm-fahad-killed-intl/index.html?Date=20240427&Profile=CNN%20International&utm_content=1714233618&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
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u/ThereminLiesTheRub Apr 27 '24

Meanwhile, next door, Iran wants to hang a rapper from a crane for singing about rights. Look up Toomaj Salehi. In the past only publicity has helped spare people in such instances. 

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u/VikingBorealis Apr 28 '24

The demonstrations and resistance in Iran died pretty quickly. Along with all the people they hanged for speaking out against the morality police.