.@CFR_org is scheduled to host #Iran's FM @JZarif for a virtual event next Tuesday. This comes just days after Iran tortured & executed popular wrestler #NavidAfkari over participating in a peaceful protest.
The event runs afoul of U.S. sanctions laws.
freebeacon.com/national-secur…
Disgusting!
CFR leaders will not heed to calls for the cancellation of their hosting of Zarif. "Canceling would establish a precedent & a standard that could preclude us hosting officials from a significant number of countries," they say in their justification of appeasing #Iran.
Iranian wrestler #NavidAfkari was executed without prior warning: Report
A new audio recording of a phone call between Afkari and one of his brothers late Friday, hours before his death, suggests that he had no prior knowledge of his imminent execution.
english.alarabiya.net/en/features/20…
German organization Athleten Deutschland called for #Iran's regime to be banned from the Olympics over its execution of the Iranian Greco-Roman champion wrestler #NavidAfkari.
jpost.com/middle-east/ir…
“... the inaction of the IOC is unacceptable. Iranian athletes should be allowed to compete under a neutral flag & should be protected. Sanctions must be directed against the regime & the political leadership. The Iranian Olympic Committee must also be suspended by the IOC."
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