THREAD: From the beginning, the death sentence against wrestler #NavidAfkari--who was killed by the Iranian state on August 11--was screaming for a review.

Now a @bbcpersian report suggests he was not executed, as was reported, but possibly killed. bbc.com/persian/iran-f… "The sudden enforcement of the death penalty against the 27-year-old wrestler, in addition to the ambiguities and legal contradictions in the case, have raised many questions," says the BBC Persian report on #NavidAkari. bbc.com/persian/iran-f…

#IranProtests occurred at multiple sites today in Tehran, according to videos sent to the Center for Human Rights in Iran. Here tear gas is shot directly into a crowd outside Shademaan Metro Station in Tehran at approx 7:30pm Tehran time. Same location different angle #IranProtests #IranProtests2020 #Iran

THREAD: Rarely are political prisoners in Iran able to send messages via social media apps from prison, but that happened this weekend when jailed photographer Nooshin Jafari ichri.org/2MB0u0t sent one from Evin Prison to Shiva Nazarahari, who is based outside Iran. (1of8) Shiva, knowing Nooshin's Instagram Live message was sent under extreme duress, posted the audio of it on her Twitter account. In it, Nooshin--in a whimpering, terrified voice--implores Shiva to give the Iranian authorities the password to a Twitter account. (2of8)

THREAD: 1) Today Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe & Narges Mohammadi began a hunger strike in #Iran's Evin Prison for access to medical care. They announced it in an open letter last week, giving the authorities ample time to respond: iranhumanrights.org/2019/01/open-l… #FreeNazanin #FreeNarges 2) Iran's authorities punished them by cancelling Nazanin's phone calls with her husband and Narges' phone calls with her children, limiting Nazanin's food rations, and limiting call times for everyone in the Women's Ward of Evin Prison independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…