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14 Sep 2020

Opposed to death penalty under all circumstances:EU condemns execution in Iran

Afkari was convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during anti-government protests in 2018 and was reportedly executed on Saturday. Earlier on September 12, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in an official statement said that the execution of wrestler Navid Afkari in Iran is very sad news.

12 Sep 2020

Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari executed over stabbing security guard to death

Afkari was executed "this morning after legal procedures were carried out at the insistence of the parents and the family of the victim," the media quoted the head of the justice department in southern Fars province, Kazem Mousavi, as saying. Afkari was convicted of killing Hassan Turkman, a water company security guard, and other charges. Iran`s Supreme Court rejected a review of the case in late August. Afkari, a 27-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler, had said he was tortured into making a false confession, according to his family and activists, and his attorney says there is no proof of his guilt. Iran`s judiciary has denied Afkari`s claims.7 Afkari`s attorney accused authorities of denying his client a family visit before the execution, as required by law.

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