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‘Horrific act’: Iran threatens to execute wrestler, world reacts – Sydney Morning Herald
The 27-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler faces two death sentences after being convicted of stabbing a security guard.
Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Navid Afkari.
Afkari has said he was tortured into making a false confession, according to his family and activists, and his attorney says there is no proof of his guilt.
Iran’s judiciary has denied the torture claims.
“Based on clear evidence, Afkari stabbed to death an innocent man. He has confessed at the court. The court issued the death sentence based on strong evidence and the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence,” the judiciary said in a statement ca…
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