US EditionIran Boxer Sentenced to Death at 'Imminent' Risk of Execution
Vafaei-Sani faces execution after Supreme Court rejected his retrial; Iran has hanged at least 1,426 people this year amid a crackdown, rights groups reported.
- On Wednesday, Iran's Supreme Court rejected Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani's retrial request and sent his case to the office for implementation of sentences, initiating execution procedures.
- Authorities say he was arrested in 2020 over alleged involvement in the 2019 protests and convicted of the capital crime of `corruption on earth`, resulting in a death sentence.
- Sporting bodies reported that MEK spokesman Shahin Ghobadi said Vafaei-Sani was `affiliated`, and Norway-based Iran Human Rights said he was `tortured to extract forced confessions`.
- His mother was `unexpectedly` granted a visit with him in Vakilabad prison, Mashhad, while state media made no mention of the case on Wednesday, Human Rights Activists News Agency reported.
- Activists link the case to a post‑June war crackdown that saw at least 1,426 hangings this year, while the National Council of Resistance of Iran warned of grave danger.
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He had been arrested in 2020 for participating in anti-government demonstrations. He was sentenced to death for membership of an illegal organization, Iranian boxer Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani facing an "imminent" execution after rejecting his request for a new trial, on Wednesday alerted NGOs and the opposition in exile.The World Boxing Council (WBC), one of the leading international boxing federations, and sports personalities, including former…
An Iranian boxer, sentenced to death for membership of an illegal organization, faces "imminent" execution after rejecting his request for a new trial.
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Iran boxer sentenced to death at 'imminent' risk of execution: rights groups
An Iranian boxer sentenced to death on charges of membership of an outlawed group is at imminent risk of execution after his request for a retrial was rejected, rights groups and the exiled opposition said on Wednesday.
Athelete on Iranian death row at ‘imminent’ risk of execution, rights groups warn
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The fighter was arrested in 2020 for having participated in anti-government demonstrations in 2019.
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