Even the death sentence against the Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari caused worldwide horror.
Now the mullah regime has carried out the sentence.
The sentencing of the Iranian wrestler
Navid Afkari
to death
caused horror worldwide.
There were numerous expressions of solidarity with the athlete - from politics as well as the sports world.
Now Iran is said to have carried out the death sentence.
Tehran - Shocking news from Iran:
Wrestler Navid Afkari
is Iranian news agency
ILNA
, according to a report
executed
on Saturday morning
.
The 27-year-old had been sentenced to death for murder.
The verdict against Afkari sparked massive international protests.
The athlete took part in a demonstration against the mullah regime in Shiraz in 2018, while a civil security officer was stabbed to death during the protests.
The man was supposed to identify protesters and give their personal details to the regime.
Iran: death sentence against wrestler Afkari - human rights organization criticizes lack of witnesses
According to the
human rights organization "Iran Human Rights"
, there were no direct witnesses for the crime.
Nonetheless, Afkari was accused of murdering the man.
While the Iranian judiciary claimed he had confessed, the athlete himself, his family and human rights organizations vehemently denied it.
They alleged that Afkari's confession was obtained through torture.
Meanwhile, ILNA's report on the execution of the sentence states that allegedly the parents of the young athlete also “insisted” on his execution.
#Iran has confirmed to have executed #NavidAfkari (27), the wrestler who was arrested during the #Iran protests in 2018.
Afkari alleged that she was tortured during interrogation.
Leut his attorneys, his process did not follow due process.
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Iran: death sentence against wrestler Afkari causes worldwide horror - Trump also intervenes
There was
criticism of Iran
from
Germany
even before the execution
.
The Federal Government's Human Rights Commissioner, Bärbel Kofler, demanded: “I appeal to those responsible in Iran to suspend the death penalty against Navid Afkari and to enable him, as well as his brothers Vahid and Habib, to have a fair trial that complies with the rule of law.
This includes that confessions are not obtained under torture! "
A campaign “Save Navid Afkiri” was launched.
Even
US President Donald Trump *
asked Iran in a tweet not to execute Afkiri.
The convicted wrestler also received support and expressions of solidarity from the world of sports.
“As an athlete and sports community, we have to protect ourselves from him.
If the peaceful protest of an athlete is returned with torture and execution, we must not be silent, ”said the manager of Athleten Germany, Johannes Herber.
A
few days ago,
IOC President Thomas Bach
was “extremely concerned” that one felt “close” to the athlete Afkari.
The
German Olympic Sports Confederation
watch before execution of the sentence also "with great concern the situation" to the condemned under dubious circumstances to death Afkari as
DOSB president Alfons Hörmann
described.
"We join the global demands of politics and sport on the Iranian leadership to suspend the execution of the sentence and to grant the accused a fair trial as one of the fundamental human rights."
(Kh) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen- Digital editorial network
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