Traditionally for Iran, sports like wrestling and weightlifting are among the country's proudest traditions and the Summer Olympics present the perfect opportunity for Iranian athletes to show what they can do on the international stage.
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The message posted alongside the photo said: “You can threaten, destroy, or arrest, [but] what are you going to do about Navid’s name and memory [living on] in people’s hearts?”
Iranian state news agency IRNA published a Friday article confirming that authorities demolished the walls at Afkari’s gravesite.
The U.S. State Department’s Farsi Twitter account denounced Iran s action in a Twitter post.
رژیم سعی کرد با اعدام نوید افکاری صدای او را خاموش کند. آن ها اکنون سعی دارند با هتک حرمت به سنگ مزارش جهان را وادار به فراموش کردن او کنند. آنها قادر به درک این نیستند که خاطره و آرمان نوید اکنون در قلب و ذهن ایرانیان آزادیخواه در سراسر جهان نقش بسته است. #ما نوید افکاری هستیمpic.twitter.com/A8M4KlbJUI USA darFarsi (@USAdarFarsi) December 18, 2020
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