{"id":92892,"date":"2026-11-13T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=92892"},"modified":"2026-11-13T17:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:54:40","slug":"mohammad-javad-vafaei-sani-dedicates-2026-magnitsky-award-to-irans-resistance-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2026\/11\/mohammad-javad-vafaei-sani-dedicates-2026-magnitsky-award-to-irans-resistance-units\/92892\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani Dedicates 2026 Magnitsky Award to Iran\u2019s Resistance Units"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><figure id=\"attachment_92896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92896\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92896\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Vafaei-Sani-receives-2026-Magnitsky-Award.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani receives 2026 Magnitsky Award in absentia in London on 12 Nov, while on death row.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Vafaei-Sani-receives-2026-Magnitsky-Award.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Vafaei-Sani-receives-2026-Magnitsky-Award-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Vafaei-Sani-receives-2026-Magnitsky-Award-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani receives 2026 Magnitsky Award in absentia in London on 12 Nov, while on death row.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span class=\"font-semibold\" data-streamdown=\"strong\">London, 12 November 2026<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> Iranian boxing champion and political prisoner <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/10\/iran-regime-upholds-death-sentence-for-pmoi-supporter-mohammad-javad-vafaei-sani\/79264\/\" rel=\"\">Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani<\/a> was honored with the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnitskyawards.com\/bios\/mohammad-javad-vafaei-sani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnitsky<\/a> Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist at a ceremony in London on Thursday night. The Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign presented the award while he remains on death row in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nov 12: Iranian boxer on death row receives 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/MagnitskyAward?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MagnitskyAward<\/a>.<br>A message by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/MohammadJavadVafaeiSani?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MohammadJavadVafaeiSani<\/a> from the death row in Iran \u2013 \u201cI accept the Magnitsky Award on behalf of the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ResistanceUnits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ResistanceUnits<\/a> of Iran\u201d.<br>UK MP <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BobBlackman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BobBlackman<\/a> introduced him at the ceremony.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CrkucWexDY\">pic.twitter.com\/CrkucWexDY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/2121130059423719809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>British Conservative MP Bob Blackman, chairman of the 1922 Committee and the British Committee for Iran Freedom, introduced Vafaei Sani. Earlier the same day in the House of Commons, Blackman welcomed the award and urged the UK government to take action to save Vafaei Sani\u2019s life. At the ceremony, he stated: \u201cIran cannot expect normal relations with the UK or the free world while it continues to use executions as a means of repression.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BobBlackman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BobBlackman<\/a>, presenting the 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist to Iranian boxer Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran cannot expect normal relations with the UK or the free world while it continues to use executions as a means of repression.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FCDOGovUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FCDOGovUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hnhuo6LxzV\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hnhuo6LxzV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DNWorFHXQ1\">pic.twitter.com\/DNWorFHXQ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HanifJazayeri\/status\/2121271682094830021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unable to attend, Vafaei Sani was represented by his friend Mohammad Namdari, an aerospace engineer, who accepted the award and read a message from prison. In the message, Vafaei Sani said: \u201cI accept the Magnitsky Award on behalf of the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iranian-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> of Iran.\u201d He added: \u201cI accept this award in the name of all those who, for the \u2018crime\u2019 of aspiring to a free Iran, have been imprisoned, tortured, threatened, or sentenced to death; in the name of my comrades in the resistance units and the generation that is paying the price of freedom with their lives. The regime demands repentance, televised confessions and surrender from us. But our answer is clear: \u2018We will never surrender; we will never submit to humiliation.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A message from Mohammad Namdari, a friend of Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, after accepting the Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist on his behalf in London on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Namdari praised Vafaei Sani\u2019s courage and determination in standing up to the Iranian regime. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rPCbzb9dvB\">https:\/\/t.co\/rPCbzb9dvB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZBwEZrKopQ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZBwEZrKopQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/2121281522393382943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vafaei Sani, 31, a national boxing silver medalist and coach from Mashhad, was arrested in 2020 after participating in the November 2019 protests and supporting the MEK\/PMOI. He has been sentenced to death three times on charges of \u201ccorruption on earth,\u201d with the latest sentence upheld by the Supreme Court. He has reportedly faced torture and prolonged solitary confinement.<\/p>\n<p>The award and Blackman\u2019s parliamentary intervention have intensified international calls to halt his execution and end the use of capital punishment against political prisoners in Iran.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian boxer Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, on death row, receives 2026 Magnitsky Award and dedicates it to Resistance 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