Despite Trump's appeal, Iran is carrying out the death penalty for wrestling champ Naveed Afkari
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Today, Saturday, the Iranian authorities announced the implementation of the death penalty sentence against the Iranian wrestling champion, Naveed Afkari.
The head of the Supreme Court in Fars Province, Kazem Mousavi, said, "The death penalty sentence against Naveed Afkari was executed this Saturday morning after taking legal measures and with the insistence of the family of the murdered Hassan Turkman to implement the sentence," according to the Iranian newspaper, Kayhan.
The Iranian judiciary had issued a death sentence for the 27-year-old sports hero, Afkari, for killing a security official during a demonstration in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz in 2018.
Iran charged him with committing 20 different crimes, including "attending illegal gatherings, gathering and conspiring to commit crimes against national security, and insulting the Supreme Leader." His two brothers, Wahid and Habib, were also sentenced to 54 and 27 years in prison, and each of them had 74 lashes. .
And US President Donald Trump had appealed to Iran not to implement a death sentence against wrestling champ Naveed Afkari.
Trump said in a tweet that contained a link to a report by the American "Fox News" to the leaders of Iran ... I would very much appreciate your position if you saved this young man's life and did not execute him. Thank you. "
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