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It was 2018 Navid Afkari participated in a peaceful protest in the city of Shiraz against the country’s leadership.
The fighter was sentenced to two death sentences for murdering a security guard during the protest. Afkari was reportedly tortured when he confessed to a crime he did not commit.
Last week, US President Donald Trump appealed for the star’s life.
“To the leaders of Iran, I would be very grateful if you would forgive this man and not execute him. Thank you!“Trump wrote on Twitter.
People around the world have protested the ruling. In the world of sport, the IOC and the International Wrestling Federation, among others, have become involved in the issue.
Executed Saturday morning
Without any result.
On Saturday, the AP reports that Iran has carried out the verdict and that Navid Afkari has been executed.
The verdict against Navid Afkari, Hassan Turkman’s killer, was completed this morning at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz, the authority announces on state television.
Earlier, a spokesman for the Iranian judiciary responded to the protests.
– Navid Afkari’s punishment is not an execution. It is revenge. Although the essence is the same, legally they are different things because he has killed a person, the spokesman said according to the YJC news agency.
