1-The execution of a champion athlete, #NavidAfkari, by the Islamic Republic of Iran has shocked the world. As mentioned by @TValioghli, former member of Iran’s national swimming team, she’s seen several of her athlete friends executed by the regime.
en.unitedfornavid.org/a-personal-not…
en.unitedfornavid.org/a-personal-not…
2-The purge of Iranian sports began with the arrest of Ali Hojat Kashani, head of Physical Education Dept. He was arrested for the crime of holding 1974 Asian Games in Iran & encouraging sports, which was was seen as "corrupting" young people. He was summarily tried & executed 
3-Then, revolutionaries set their sights on Nader Jahanbani, Iran’s equestrian champion and a jet pilot. He was also the head of the Iranian Physical Education Organization until 1978. After a show trial where revolutionaries couldn’t find any evidence of crime, he was executed
4-More executions followed suit. Bahman Nasim, swimmer & water polo player of the Iranian national team, was executed in 1979.
Dariush Dehghani, boxer of the Iranian national team and Ali Asghar Manouchehri, the long jump champion of the Iranian army were also executed
Dariush Dehghani, boxer of the Iranian national team and Ali Asghar Manouchehri, the long jump champion of the Iranian army were also executed
5-Mahbubeh Parcham Kashani, Iran's gymnastics champion, served as an international gymnastics judge at the 1972 Munich Olympics. She was arrested for being a member of leftist group “Rah-e Kargar” in 1982 & hanged in the same year. She was 29 years old and her son was only 2.
6-Between 1988-89, the regime executed thousands of political prisoners, among them athletes too. Families of many of these victims are still looking for justice as their loves ones were swiftly killed in show trials. These killings are now considered “crimes against humanity”
7-One of these victims was Foruzan Abdi, a member of the Iran's volleyball team. She was arrested in 1981 at 23 on charges of supporting the opposition group, MEK & was sentenced to 5 years. Even after serving her sentence, she was hanged in 1988 after refusing to confess on TV.
8-And the list of executed athletes goes on. More details in this article:
en.unitedfornavid.org/a-personal-not…
en.unitedfornavid.org/a-personal-not…
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