Emir Nasr Azadanifootballer Third part between Iranian league, 26 years. Iranian justice accuses him of participating in the death of a member of an organization. Revolutionary Guards During a protest in November and a armed gang. His family assures him that the Iranian official was not where he died on the day of the protest. And of course he didn’t belong to any armed group.
Parham Parvari, professional swimmer, 26 years old. Without precise details as to why he was arrested. According to the family’s claim, the young man was arrested for driving a car. Teheranon an afternoon of protests, with his license plate car saqqezis a predominantly Kurdish city where Mahsa Amini, the young woman whose death started it all, came from. Parvari is also Kurdish.
Sahand Nurmohammadzadeh, bodybuilder, 25 years old. Iranian justice accuses him of possession. a container was set on fire During a protest he broke trash and a railing. He denies these actions in an audio recording leaked to the Persian opposition press.
According to Iranian penal code, three athletes committed the same crimes: “disturbing public order, corruption on earth, coordination to commit Crimes against national security and declare war on god”. And the punishment demanded by the Iranian justice system is the same for all three: the death penalty.
death cells
Footballer Azadani’s case is the most popular of the three, thanks to the repercussions of his situation due to the World Cup in Qatar, but there are many more. Currently 39 people Iran death row. From them, 28 were convicted already to the gallows 2, Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza RahnavardThey have already been executed.
The last one in a public place, a group of Revolutionary Guards and fundamentalsparamilitary structure responsible for violence and violence real fire Protests intensified across Iran since mid-September. Basijis are carved cheer and celebration How Rahnavard was hung from the top of a crane.
weight in youth
To date, many industries Iranian society Who participated in the protests—and the general strikes that followed and continued—and made the decisions at the demonstrations? Youth In most cases of the country, even underage high school students.
And many athletes, like young people, are paying the price for joining the protest movement. At least three sports professionals died on show days. ali mozaffariThe volleyball player died from a bullet hitting his chest. Mohammed GhaemifarThe goalkeeper was killed by a gunshot to the head.
Ihsan Ghasemifarbodybuilder died under unclear circumstances: according to organization Human rights, this teenager was live-streaming from her social networks while surrounded by Besic’s during a protest. The signal is cut off. A few hours later, the authorities informed his family: they can go to the morgue to get it. body.
The numbers are scary. According to Iranian NGOs working from exile, there is more than one punishment apart from the death penalty. 500 people died in the protests. More than this number 60 would be small.
“lynching committees They threaten people with death and execution by pretending to be a court. fear destroy the freedom movement in the protesters and in the country,” he said in a statement this week. Come on Ghaemimanager center for Human rights in Iranone of the NGOs collecting data on deaths in protests.
Death on the street and in the courts
“In Iran, young people in their twenties are hanged in bogus courts and convicted every day. This international community urgent action must be taken. Governments around the world must either tell Iranian authorities that they will stop using the death penalty as a punishment. political pressure tool or they will face international isolation diplomatic and economic,” continues Ghaemi.
Meanwhile, the demonstrations continue despite the convictions. Their numbers have decreased in recent weeks, but their severity and scale have not. Three months after the young Mahsa Amini was killed by the Iranian morality police, Islamic Republic still stands.
Emir Nasr Azadanifootballer Third part between Iranian league, 26 years. Iranian justice accuses him of participating in the death of a member of an organization. Revolutionary Guards During a protest in November and a armed gang. His family assures him that the Iranian official was not where he died on the day of the protest. And of course he didn’t belong to any armed group.
Parham Parvari, professional swimmer, 26 years old. Without precise details as to why he was arrested. According to the family’s claim, the young man was arrested for driving a car. Teheranon an afternoon of protests, with his license plate car saqqezis a predominantly Kurdish city where Mahsa Amini, the young woman whose death started it all, came from. Parvari is also Kurdish.
Sahand Nurmohammadzadeh, bodybuilder, 25 years old. Iranian justice accuses him of possession. a container was set on fire During a protest he broke trash and a railing. He denies these actions in an audio recording leaked to the Persian opposition press.
According to Iranian penal code, three athletes committed the same crimes: “disturbing public order, corruption on earth, coordination to commit Crimes against national security and declare war on god”. And the punishment demanded by the Iranian justice system is the same for all three: the death penalty.
death cells
Footballer Azadani’s case is the most popular of the three, thanks to the repercussions of his situation due to the World Cup in Qatar, but there are many more. Currently 39 people Iran death row. From them, 28 were convicted already to the gallows 2, Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza RahnavardThey have already been executed.
The last one in a public place, a group of Revolutionary Guards and fundamentalsparamilitary structure responsible for violence and violence real fire Protests intensified across Iran since mid-September. Basijis are carved cheer and celebration How Rahnavard was hung from the top of a crane.
weight in youth
To date, many industries Iranian society Who participated in the protests—and the general strikes that followed and continued—and made the decisions at the demonstrations? Youth In most cases of the country, even underage high school students.
And many athletes, like young people, are paying the price for joining the protest movement. At least three sports professionals died on show days. ali mozaffariThe volleyball player died from a bullet hitting his chest. Mohammed GhaemifarThe goalkeeper was killed by a gunshot to the head.
Ihsan Ghasemifarbodybuilder died under unclear circumstances: according to organization Human rights, this teenager was live-streaming from her social networks while surrounded by Besic’s during a protest. The signal is cut off. A few hours later, the authorities informed his family: they can go to the morgue to get it. body.
The numbers are scary. According to Iranian NGOs working from exile, there is more than one punishment apart from the death penalty. 500 people died in the protests. More than this number 60 would be small.
“lynching committees They threaten people with death and execution by pretending to be a court. fear destroy the freedom movement in the protesters and in the country,” he said in a statement this week. Come on Ghaemimanager center for Human rights in Iranone of the NGOs collecting data on deaths in protests.
Death on the street and in the courts
“In Iran, young people in their twenties are hanged in bogus courts and convicted every day. This international community urgent action must be taken. Governments around the world must either tell Iranian authorities that they will stop using the death penalty as a punishment. political pressure tool or they will face international isolation diplomatic and economic,” continues Ghaemi.
Meanwhile, the demonstrations continue despite the convictions. Their numbers have decreased in recent weeks, but their severity and scale have not. Three months after the young Mahsa Amini was killed by the Iranian morality police, Islamic Republic still stands.