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FIFPRO, the world footballers’ union, faces possible execution of Iranian footballer Amir Nasr Azadani “after campaigning for women’s rights and fundamental freedoms in his country”. He said he was “shocked and disgusted” by the reports.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Monday, FIFPRO said: “We stand in solidarity with Amir and call for the immediate withdrawal of his punishment.
Nasr Azadani has been accused of being part of an “armed group” implicated in the deaths of three security officials during protests in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, according to the state news agency. Chief Justice Asadullah Jafari said. IRNA on Sunday.
In the report, Jafari said Nasr Azadani was charged with rioting against authorities. He has been in custody since November 27, but no sentence has yet been handed down against the accused, the report added.
It is unclear when his trial is scheduled to begin.
Anti-government protests in Iran have escalated since September, initially sparked by the death of 22-year-old Masa Amini after being arrested by state morality police for not wearing the hijab properly. .
Public anger over Amini’s death, coupled with various grievances against the repressive regime of the Islamic Republic, has fueled demonstrations even in the face of harsh punishments, and possibly the death penalty.
The 26-year-old footballer from the historic city of Isfahan has played for Iran’s professional football clubs Laahan, Traktor and Gol Reyhan, London-based activist outlet Iranwire reported.
Under Iran’s criminal law, if the accused is proven to have used a firearm, his sentence could carry the death penalty, otherwise he could be sentenced to prison.
Iran is A second man was allegedly involved Amid nationwide protests after being convicted of killing two security officials last month, the news agency Mizan Online, which is affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, and the semi-official Tasmin news agency announced on Monday reported to
it followed the execution of another man Last Thursday, in the first known execution since the protests began.
