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Despite calls from around the world and even from the president of the United States Donaldo trumpo calls, Iran still carried out the execution of a 27-year-old fighter accused of murder Navidui Afkari.
Iran announced that N. Afkari in 2018. The protest killed a security guard, but N. Afkari said he had long been tortured to extract a confession from him.
In a leaked post for Amnesty International, a human rights organization, Afkari said: “If I was executed, I want you to know that I am innocent and that I tried and fought hard to be heard.”
According to the Iranian media, Afkari was hanged in Shiraz.
Afkari’s lawyer said his client was not allowed to see the family until his death, as required by Iranian law.
Numerous calls were received to stop the execution, including 85,000. athletes from all over the world. UFC President Dana White, who asked Iran’s pardon for Afkari and asked US President Trump for help, also did a great job.
“I called the president and he told me that there were sanctions against them and that nothing more could be done.” I know he didn’t try to help in public, I know there were a lot of articles in the NY Times, Fox … I know other powerful people tried to help, but no one helped. This is a sad thing. “The only way I could help is to contact the president of the United States,” White said.
Trump himself publicly declared that “the only thing N. Afkari did was a street demonstration against the government.”
The World Players Association calls for Iran to be withdrawn from the world of sport, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called his execution “very sad news” and said his thoughts were with his family and friends.
“It is very sad that the requests from athletes around the world and all the work of the IOC behind the scenes have not paid off,” the report said.
According to human rights activists in Iran, Afkari’s brothers, Vahid and Chabib, were sentenced to 54 and 27 years in prison in the same case. A leaked record from the prison was heard when Afkari said he was tortured, and his mother later said that her children were forced to cry against each other.
Afkari’s lawyer has said that contrary to Iranian news, there is no video recording of how Afkari killed a security guard. He added that the video used in the case was made an hour before the crime.
2018 The protests in the streets of Iran were due to economic difficulties and political repression.
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