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The national wrestling champion in Iran, Navid Afkari (27), will be executed. The Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Iran has upheld the death penalty, according to local media. He and his two brothers Vahid (35) and Habib (29) were also sentenced to long prison terms and whipping.
Alleged protests against the regime in Kazerun and Shiraz in 2018, the joint grouping and the murder of a security officer are charged. The list of charges is long, but “most of the accusations were based on weak arguments”, as reported by an informed source according to “Iran International”.
Navid and Vahid were, according to the source and their own testimony, “severely tortured to make forced confessions.” Apparently this mistreatment was mentioned by witnesses, but it was ignored in the sentence. Both brothers affirm their innocence in audio messages, refer to the lack of evidence and denounce physical and psychological torture during their detention.
Call for an end to executions
There are many prominent voices outraged by the verdicts. They call for an end to the executions in Iran. Bahia Namjoo, mother of the convicted brothers, shares her grief in a video message: “They carried out an unfair and wrong process in which my children were unable to defend themselves at all. All these charges were brought against them, and without evidence against them, they went to trial and sentenced them. “
To conclude, he says: “I ask all the people of the world and all those who listen to my voice to help me with the unfair judgments that have been made on my children.
