IRAN -- An Iranian court sentenced outspoken rapper Toomaj Salehi to death after his arrest over songs that criticized the government, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Salehi, who has been arrested multiple times by Iranian forces, frequently called out the regime's corruption and suppression of dissent in his music and shamed the regime's apologists who "whitewash" those crimes. He is one of the most prominent artists arrested by the Iranian regime over the past few years for his work.  

His lawyer xays he will appeal the verdict and sentence.