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In a statement, the organization considers “very sad” the news of the execution of the combatant that occurred this Saturday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Saturday, shocked by the execution of Iranian fighter Navid Afkari, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a public official during “riots” in 2018.
In a statement, the organization considers “very sad” the news of the execution of the combatant that occurred this Saturday.
“It is deeply regrettable that the pleas of athletes around the world, the international Olympic committee, the Iranian committee and the international wrestling federation have not been heard,” said the statement, expressing full solidarity with the fighter’s family.
Human Rights Watch, the IOC and FIFA have come together to support the Iranian fighter arrested in September 2018 on dozens of charges, including participating in illegal demonstrations, insulting the Supreme Leader of Iran, robbery, enmity towards God. and homicide.
On October 15, 2019, the Shiraz Criminal Court sentenced Afkari, 27, a professional Iranian national runner-up, to the death penalty for the alleged murder of Hasan Turkeman, a law enforcement officer, during the August protests. 2018 in Shiraz.
Despite several appeals and appeals, the sentence was carried out this morning in Shiraz Prison, Fars Province Attorney General Kazem Mousavi announced on state television.
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