Iran denies that it has sentenced to death the footballer detained before the protests

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The Embassy of the Islamic Republic in Colombia describes the news as a “pure lie” because “the trial has not yet taken place”.

The Iranian regime this Tuesday rose against the campaign of international organizations, governments, political leaders, human rights activists and celebrities from around the world who demand that a famous footballer not be hanged for his participation in the protests. He did this by denying through the Embassy of the Islamic Republic in Colombia that 26-year-old Amir Nasr Azadani has been sentenced to death, as confirmed a week ago by the International Federation of Professional Football Associations (Fifpro).

“Bad news about the death penalty of an Iranian footballer,” the diplomatic agency said after Colombian President Gustavo Petro joined the global outcry in urging Tehran “not to kill” Nasr Azadani. The embassy has framed the Fifpro information as part of a ‘fake news’ campaign. “The trial has not yet taken place. Therefore, the news about the death penalty is a pure lie,” the legation said, specifying that the athlete is the fifth suspect in a criminal case for allegedly being a member of an armed group that allegedly shot three officers.

However, Fifpro had reported on the 13th that Nasr Azadani, who has played for prestigious Iranian clubs such as Rah-Ahan, Tractor and Gol-e Rayhan, had been sentenced to death “after campaigning for women’s rights and fundamental freedoms” during the protests that have been taking place in the country since September. Specifically, they indicated that he had been found guilty of the crime of ‘enmity with God’, which amounts to hanging, a sentence that two other youths already received at the beginning of this month. The last of them was publicly executed in Mashad for being part of the mobilizations that erupted after Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of the vice squad for miswearing the veil.

The denial of Nasr Azadani’s conviction coincided with the meeting in Jordan of EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell with Iranian Foreign Minister Hosein Amirabdolahian. “I have stressed that military support to Russia and internal repression must be stopped immediately,” said the head of community diplomacy. Likewise, he argued that both sides have agreed to talk to “restore the nuclear deal”.

At the same time, the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accused the US of being “compliant” in the Islamic State’s November attack on a mausoleum in Shiraz, which left 13 dead. “The US government is a disgusting liar for raising the flag of human rights while creating dangerous terrorist groups,” he denounced.

Source: La Verdad

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