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,... Read more
Iranian intelligence agents have arrested the brother and father of Navid Afkari, the champion Greco-Roman wrestler who was executed by the regime in September for his participation i... Read more
UN Rights Rapporteur Says Death Sentences Restrict Dissent UN Rights Rapporteur Says Death Sentences Restrict Dissent Iran should conduct an impartial and transparent inquiry into the suppre... Read more
Navid Afkari, a wrestler from Shiraz arrested during protests in August 2018, has been executed in Iran. Akari was handed down two death sentences: one for the alleged m... Read more
