{"id":81170,"date":"2025-11-28T16:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=81170"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:11:49","slug":"vitali-klitschko-appeals-to-world-leaders-stop-the-execution-of-iranian-boxer-mohammad-javad-vafaei-sani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/11\/vitali-klitschko-appeals-to-world-leaders-stop-the-execution-of-iranian-boxer-mohammad-javad-vafaei-sani\/81170\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitali Klitschko Appeals to World Leaders: Stop the Execution of Iranian Boxer Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Vitali — Vitali Klitschko Appeals: Save Iranian Boxer Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In a strongly worded letter dated November 26, 2025, Kyiv\u2019s mayor and former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko urged global leaders to act immediately to stop the planned execution of 30-year-old Iranian boxer and political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani<\/a>. Vafaei-Sani \u2014 a former champion and coach from Mashhad \u2014 was arrested following the nationwide pro-democracy protests of November 2019. His death sentence, declared by the Mashhad Revolutionary Court, was upheld again on October 4, 2025 by Branch 9 of Iran\u2019s Supreme Court, despite what his lawyer described as \u201cnumerous flaws.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\ud83d\udea8 LETTER: Mayor of Kyiv & former boxing champion @Vitaliy_Klychko<\/a> joins global sports icons urging Iran to halt the imminent execution of boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani for joining pro-democracy protests<\/p>\n
Join the fight to save Mohammad Javad!<\/p>\n
CC: @danawhite<\/a> @usykaa<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QIk7HpzXmT<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Justice for the Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran (@jvmifoundation) November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n