Description: (Wrestler)
Navid Afkari Sangari, an Iranian wrestler, was sentenced to death and executed in Shiraz after being accused and convicted in connection to the 2018 Iranian protests. He professed that his confession was coerced through torture, a claim which was dismissed by the Iranian judiciary. Various global leaders, including the President of the International Olympic Committee and the former U.S. President, called for his release. The case of Afkari's execution was cited as one of the severe human rights violations that led to the United States blacklisting several Iranian officials and entities in September 2020.