Iranian wrestler Naveed Afkari was sentenced to death
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Iranian wrestler Naveed Afkari was sentenced to death
Young wrestler Naveed Afkari has been sentenced to death in Iran.
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Iranian wrestler Naveed Afkari was sentenced to death
Young wrestler Naveed Afkari has been sentenced to death in Iran . According to Iranian media , 27-year-old Greek wrestler Naveed Afkari was sentenced to death for killing a security guard of a private company and other cases . Chief Kazim Mousavi said that Naveed Afkari was hanged this morning at the insistence of the victim 's family after completing legal proceedings .
It should be noted that Naveed Afkari had claimed that he was forced to confess to the crime . US President Donald Trump had also demanded that the death sentence of Naveed Afkari be stopped . Naveed Afkari was convicted of killing security official Hassan Turkman and other charges , and Iran 's Supreme Court rejected his appeal late last month .
