A decorated Iranian wrestler fled to Germany to avoid a possible death sentence or being blinded by the authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran for his social media posts in support of the revolt against the Iranian theocratic state. The star
Iran Prepares to Execute Second Wrestler, Despite State Department Protest
11 Jan 2021
The U.S. Department of State was outraged after the Islamic Republic of Iran hanged champion wrestler Navid Afkari in September. Now the Mullahs are planning to execute another wrestler, Mehdi Ali Hosseini.
“The Iranian regime must be held to account for their vile human rights abuses and their attempt to cling to power through execution,” State Department spokesman Ellie Cohanim told Fox News.
According to the Iranian government, Ali Hosseini, a 29-year-old wrestler from Andimeshk in the province of Khuzestan, was arrested in 2015 and charged with premeditated murder.
Center for Security Policy President Fred Fleitz provides insight on ‘America’s News HQ.’
A top U.S. State Department official came out swinging Sunday against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s plan to execute another wrestler, after Tehran’s rulers publicly hanged the champion wrestler Navid Afkari in September on widely criticized, trumped-up charges. The Iranian regime must be held to account for their vile human rights abuses and their attempt to cling to power through execution,
Ellie Cohanim, the State Department’s deputy special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, told Fox News.
The execution of the decorated wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini is imminent. He is from Andimeshk in the province of Khuzestan, and was arrested in 2015 and charged with pre-meditated murder, supposedly committed during a group brawl. It is unclear whether Iran’s regime forced Hosseini to confess to a crime he did not commit.