Iran To Execute Second Wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini Amid Outcry
Iran To Execute Second Wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini Amid Outcry
The Iranian regime is set to execute a second wrestler just months after it hanged champion athlete Navid Afkari amid international pleas for clemency.
Mehdi Ali Hosseini, 29, was arrested in 2015 and charged with murder following a group brawl.
Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper reported that he is expected to be imminently executed because the victim’s family refused to pardon him.
Ali Safavi, an official from the foreign affairs committee of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Arab News that the NCRI and other regime critics “strongly condemn the ruling religious dictatorship for its intention to execute” Hosseini.
The Iranian regime is set to execute a second wrestler just months after it hanged champion athlete Navid Afkari amid international pleas for clemency. Mehdi Ali Hosseini, 29, was arrested in 2015 and charged with murder following a group brawl. Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper reported that he is expected to be imminently executed because the victim’s family refused to pardon him. Ali Safavi, an official from the foreign affairs committee of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Arab News that the NCRI and other regime critics “strongly condemn the ruling religious dictatorship for its intention to execute” Hosseini. The Iranian regime is set to execute a second wrestler just months after it hanged champion athlete Navid Afkari amid international pleas for clemency. Mehdi Ali Hosseini, 29, was arrested in 2015 and charged with murder following a group brawl. Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper reported that he is expected to be imminently executed because the victim’s family refused to pardon him. Ali Safavi, an official from the foreign affairs committee of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Arab News that the NCRI and other regime critics “strongly condemn the ruling religious dictatorship for its intention to execute” Hosseini.