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The United States has joined a call on Tehran to overturn the death sentence handed down to Nabid Afri, who protested against the Ayatollahs regime about two years ago and was convicted of killing a security guard.
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Saturday, 05 September 2020, 09:30
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Photo: Twitter, Reuters, Editing: Yossi Alter
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Thursday) called on Iran to lift the death penalty handed down to Nabid Afri, the wrestling champion who took part in demonstrations against the ayatollahs' regime about two years ago in Shiraz.
Trump tweeted leaders in Iran: "I would greatly appreciate it if you could save the life of this young man, and not execute him."
Afkari, 27, was sentenced to two deaths for the murder of a security guard during the protests, but there was concern that his confession had been taken from him under torture.
According to human rights activists in Iran, the wrestler's two brothers, Ahid and Habib, were sentenced to 54 and 27 years in prison for the same case.
Trump attached to a tweet a Fox News report that "the wrestler's only action was to demonstrate in the streets against the government."
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It is alleged that his confession was obtained through torture, Afri (Photo: from Twitter)
Trump's tweet:
State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortegos said yesterday that Washington is also joining a call to overturn the sentences imposed on the brothers.
"We join the world in anger over the regime's death sentence in Iran on Nabid Afri, who is being tortured for giving a false confession after participating in silent demonstrations in 2018," she tweeted.
"The regime also tortured his two brothers and sentenced them to decades in prison. They were released."
International wrestling figures and political activists have called for the release of the brothers, collecting more than 10,000 signatures for a petition calling for Afri's life to be spared.
An Iranian news agency confirmed last Thursday that Afri was sentenced to death.
However in a recording leaked from the jail, the wrestler said he was tortured.
At the same time, his mother said that her two sons had to testify against each other when tortured as well.
The brothers' lawyer, Hassan Younsey, said that contrary to news reports in the country, the moment of the security guard's killing was not recorded on video.
He added that the photographs that served as evidence in the case were taken about an hour before the incident took place.
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Demonstrations against the cost of living in Tehran, 2017 (Photo: AP)
In 2018, many demonstrations broke out across Iran in protest of the country’s economic distress and political repression.
More demonstrations of a similar scale erupted late last year, in protest of rising fuel prices.
According to Amnesty International, more than 7,000 people, including ten-year-olds, were arrested following the protest.
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