{"id":17755,"date":"2020-09-12T17:57:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T15:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=17755"},"modified":"2022-02-21T09:25:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T08:25:16","slug":"supporters-of-the-iranian-resistance-protest-against-the-brutal-execution-of-the-young-champion-navid-afkari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/09\/supporters-of-the-iranian-resistance-protest-against-the-brutal-execution-of-the-young-champion-navid-afkari\/17755\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporters of the Iranian Resistance Protest Against the Brutal Execution of the Young Champion Navid Afkari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Political prisoner Navid Afkari,<\/a> a 27-year-old wrestling champion in Iran, has been executed by the genocidal mullahs\u2019 regime in the early morning hours of Saturday, September 12, according to state-run media.
This horrific crime has taken despite a global campaign calling on the regime to revoke this innocent young man\u2019s death sentence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of governments, international organizations and athletes from across the globe had joined this call to save Navid\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian regime executed Navid in total defiance of the international community. This desperate yet criminal act by the mullahs\u2019 regime, like the execution of\u00a0 Mostafa Salehi<\/a>\u00a0who was also arrested during the Iran protests, is to intimidate the arisen people of Iran and thwart an uprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding Navid Afkari\u2019s execution, Mrs.\u00a0 Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (NCRI),\u00a0 said<\/a>: \u201cThe people of Iran, especially the courageous youth, will not remain silent vis-\u00e0-vis the savage execution of this brave son of Shiraz and will rise up in solidarity with the heroic people of Fars Province over his unjust execution. The religious dictatorship ruling Iran cannot survive for even one day without suppression, execution, and torture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mullahs\u2019 criminal regime hanged #NavidAfkari<\/a> this morning. The people of #Iran<\/a> and its brave youth will not remain silent against the cowardly execution of this courageous son of #Shiraz<\/a>. They will rise in solidarity with the heroic people of Fars.<\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) September 12, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>