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TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underscored on Monday that wrestler Navid Afkari was executed on murder charges, not because he was involved in political protests.
There was a trial, and the court made its decision based on evidence, said Iran’s top diplomat during a videoconference with the US think tank Council on Foreign Relations, according to the IRNA news agency.
Despite outcry both at home and abroad, the 27-year-old wrestler was executed this month. According to Iranian legal authorities, Afkari killed a security officer during a demonstration in Shiraz in 2018. (DPA)
There was a trial, and the court made its decision based on evidence, said Iran’s top diplomat during a videoconference with the US think tank Council on Foreign Relations, according to the IRNA news agency.
Despite outcry both at home and abroad, the 27-year-old wrestler was executed this month. According to Iranian legal authorities, Afkari killed a security officer during a demonstration in Shiraz in 2018. (DPA)
