As Fars News airs new video of hanged Iran wrestler Navid Afkari confessing to murdering a security guard, brother Saeed is reported arrested in Shiraz on the execution anniversary.
12 Sep 2021
Navid Afkari
September 12 marks one year since Iran executed the champion Greco-Roman wrestler Navid Afkari for expressing opposition to the religious dictatorship in Iran.
08 Sep 2021
Elham Afkari, sister of executed Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari reported that her brother’s grave was destroyed.
18 Dec 2020
In a letter to the Shiraz prison judge, parents of Afkari brothers stated that their sons Vahid and Habib Afkari were taken to solitary confinement...
20 Oct 2020
At a virtual appearance at Council on Foreign Relations, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif claimed that the...
21 Sep 2020
Iran security forces on Friday blocked roads leading to the home village of executed wrestler Navid Afkari as mourners planned to gather to mark his...
19 Sep 2020
On Thursday dozens of locals gathered at a cemetery in a village near Shiraz under the watchful eyes of plainclothes security agents and chanted “...
18 Sep 2020
In an article in Wall Street Journal on Monday, exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi said the goal of Navid Afkari’s execution was to quash dissent through...
15 Sep 2020
Eyewitnesses have told Iran International that a 27-year old wrestling champion arrested during anti-government protests, might have died under...
14 Sep 2020
The execution of Navid Afkari has led to international reactions from political and human rights figures. Many international sports bodies have also...
13 Sep 2020