MESOP MIDEAST WATCH : Mother Of Saman Seydi, Iranian Kurdish Rapper Sentenced To Death By Regime For Participation In Protests, Pleads For Help To Prevent His Execution: I Ask The People, Human Rights Organizations To Help My Son
MEMRI TV Clip No. 9981
Mother of Saman Seydi, an Iranian Kurdish rapper who was sentenced to death by Iranian regime for waging a “war on God,” pleads for help to prevent the execution of her son in a video posted on various Iranian online sources on December 8, 2022. She said that her son was denied a lawyer and that he was an artist, not an anarchist, and she appealed to human rights organizations, “People, I am a mother with an aching heart.” She asked where in the world a person is executed for burning a garbage can.
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Mother of Saman Seydi: “Hello, people. I am the mother of Saman Seydi, also known as Yasin. My son was sentences to death. For God’s sake, support him.
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“My son was denied seeing a lawyer. I ask the people, the human rights [organizations], everybody, to help my son. Help me.
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“Where in the world have you seen that over [burning] a garbage can, they can take away the life of a dear person? My son is an artist, he is not an anarchist.
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“People, I am a mother with an aching heart. For God’s sake, help me, so that my son is not hanged, not executed.
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“People, this is a cry [for help]. For God’s sake, help me. I am not eloquent and my cry reached nowhere. I am a bereaved mother. Help me, people.”