1-We've launched a new campaign: #United4Navid. Gold-medal athletes from Iran’s national teams join human rights activists. We’re calling on international sporting federations & Olympic Committee to suspend Islamic Republic of Iran from sporting events for killing #NavidAfkari
2-Sardar Pashaei is a former wrestling coach from Iran’s National Team & gold medal. As a coach, he helped many athletes obtain gold medals in international events. He explains why the Islamic Republic of Iran must be suspended from international tournaments
#United4Navid
3-Shirin Ebadi is a human rights activist, university professor and writer. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for her work in human rights.
Ebadi asks international sporting bodies to suspend the Islamic Republic of Iran from sporting events for 1 year.
#United4Navid
4-With his fight against the apartheid regime of South Africa, Nelson Mandela has always been one of my idols
In 1964, the International Olympic Committee banned South Africa from the olympics due to apartheid
How about the apartheid by the Islamic Regime in Iran?
#United4Navid
5-Mohammad Reza Faghani is a former football referee from Iran, where he worked as a referee for years.
He says the Islamic Republic of Iran has always involved politics in sports. It's about the time the international community suspended Iran from tournaments
#United4Navid
6-Fatemeh Aghajani is a mountaineering champion & one of the few Iranian women to have climbed the Mount Everest.
She calls for global solidarity against the Islamic Republic's attempts to politicise sports & supports suspending it from international tournaments
#United4Navid
7-Tonia Valioghli is a former athlete from Iran’s swimming team before the revolution. After the revolution, She witnessed the execution of her athlete friends. Women were also barred from swimming in public.
She’s asking the Olympic committee to suspend Iran.
#United4Navid
7-@NazaninBoniadi is a renowned film actress & an award-winning human rights activist
She says the Islamic Republic of Iran politicises sports as it’s scared of anything that unites people.She supports banning the Islamic republic of Iran from international sports
#United4Navid
8-Amir Kamali is a former runner in Iran's National Team and holds several medals obtained at world-wide sporting tournaments.
He says since the Islamic Republic of Iran policitises sports and kills athletes like #NavidAfkari, it should be suspended from sports
#United4Navid
9-Soudeh Lashgari is a former member of Iran's national cricket team.
As an athlete, she was warned, intimidated & humiliated by authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. She supports banning the regime from international tournaments
#United4Navid
10-Fatemeh Sepehri is a political activist from inside Iran and family member of an Iran-Iraq war martyr.
She says the Islamic Republic doesn’t represent Iranians and she’s pleading with the international sporting community to ban the regime from tournaments.
#United4Navid
11-Shiva Amini used to play for Iran's National Team of Futsal.
She says many Iranian athletes have either had to leave Iran or become political prisoners. Some like #NavidAfkari have been executed.
Don't forget Navid.
#United4Navid
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12-Majid Fallah is the former captain of Iran's Muay-Thai & Kickboxing Team. He holds 7 gold medals obtained at international tournaments.
He fully supports suspending the Islamic Republic of Iran from international sporting events.
#United4Navid
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13-Ehsan Rajabi Iran's judo champion won 2 gold medals at the BGG pro tournaments in addition to other achievements.
He's asking the Olympic Committee & sporting organisations to suspend the Islamic Republic of Iran for killing #NavidAfkari
#United4Navid
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14-Maziar Ebrahimi was falsely accused of killing an Iranian nuclear scientist by the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was arrested in 2012 & was subjected to torture.
He fully sympathises with #NavidAfkari & asks the world to boycott the regime
#United4Navid
#اتحاد_برای_نوید
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