The campaign group United for Navid, set up after the execution of the Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari after he protested against the his country, has also urged the IOC ethics commission to launch an ...

As of September 21, the authorities had executed two people who were convicted of killing security forces during the protests, including Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old wrestler from the city of ...

He was arrested in 2015 and charged with murder following a group brawl. A second wrestler is set to be executed by Iran only months after they hanged another champion competitor, Navid Afkari ...