Navid Afkari, a national champion wrestler in Iran, was executed after being accused of murdering a security guard at the anti-government protests in 2018. The protests in 2018 were because of economic hardship and political repression. The case against Afkari has been referred to as a "travesty of justice" by the Human Rights Organization Amnesty International. A union representing 85,000 athletes worldwide also called for the halting of the execution. The reason this case received such global backlash is because there is no direct video evidence of the security guard being killed and the video that was presented was recorded an hour before the security guard's death. Afkari demanded that he was innocent and his mom suggested the same. President Donald Trump commented on the case and said that Afkari's "sole act was an anti-government demonstration on the streets." Navid Afkari's brother's have both received prison sentences of 54 years and 27 years in the same case. The mother of the boys alleges that the confessions were forced as a result of torture.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54129949
Luke Joiner
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