{"id":26021,"date":"2021-09-13T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T08:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=26021"},"modified":"2021-09-13T07:24:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T05:24:06","slug":"raisi-to-speak-to-un-as-iran-mourns-executed-wrestling-champion-navid-afkari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/09\/raisi-to-speak-to-un-as-iran-mourns-executed-wrestling-champion-navid-afkari\/26021\/","title":{"rendered":"Raisi to Speak to UN as Iran Mourns Executed Wrestling Champion Navid Afkari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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12 September, first anniversary of the execution of Iranian wrestling champion, Navid Afkari<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (NCRI) reported <\/a>on September 12 that as Iranian citizens acknowledged the first anniversary of the execution of Iranian wrestling champion, Navid Afkari<\/a>, it was announced that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was involved in the execution, is set to address the United Nations General Assembly on September 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCRI said<\/a>, \u201cNavid Afkari<\/a> was arrested during the major Iran protests in 2018 in Kazeroun along with his two brothers. Navid was falsely accused of killing a security guard based on a confession extracted under the month of torture. Navid had denied having killed the security guard and appealed to the Judiciary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They said the Raisi<\/a>, who was then acting as Judiciary Chief, declined Afkari\u2019s appeal and despite objections internationally, he was ultimately executed. His brother Vahid subsequently requested a retrial which was also rejected by the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme court. Saeid Dehgan, the Afkari brothers\u2019 lawyer posted on Twitter saying that the retrial was rejected, even though the case had many contradictions. He said that \u2018there were enough legal reasons to accept a retrial as the verdict contains 24 contradictions and three lies\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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