Navid Afkari

Category
SPORTS

Language
PERSIAN

Navid Afkari Sangari [2][3] was an Iranian wrestler who was sentenced to death and executed in Shiraz[4] after having been accused and convicted of murdering a security guard during the 2018 Iranian protests;[5] sources from outside Iran also cited convictions on other charges related to Afkari's participation in the protests,[6][7] while Iranian sources denied that the case had any connection to the protests.[8] Afkari had filed a complaint with the Iranian judiciary, and stated in an audiotape recording that was smuggled from prison, that his initial confession had been obtained under torture;[4] the Iranian judiciary denied the torture claims, and Iranian state media broadcast a recording of the confession.[9] There were worldwide calls for Afkari to be pardoned, including by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach,[4] and by then U.S. president Donald Trump.[5] Afkari's brothers Vahid and Habib were sentenced to 54 and 27 years, respectively, in prison in the same case.[5] <

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