THE FIF Prothe global union of football playersstates that it is “shocked and disgusted” from the reports that saw the light of day in the past hours and claim that the professional Iranian football player Amir Nasr-Azadani is facing her sentence execution because of his participation in the protests after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
There have been bloody protests across Iran since the death of the young woman who took her last breath last September while being held by the country’s morality police. She had been arrested for not conforming to the Islamic dress code.
In a message posted by FIFPro on its Twitter account on Monday night (12/12), it claims: “FIFPro is shocked and disgusted by reports that professional footballer Amir Nasr-Azdani is facing the death penalty for his participation in protests for women’s rights and basic freedoms in his country. We stand in solidarity with Amir and demand the immediate removal of the sentence.”.
Yesterday Monday (12/12), a second person was publicly executed in Iran, who was linked to the protests that have rocked the country for three months.
Human rights organizations estimate that at least 470 protesters have been killed and another 18,000 arrested during mass demonstrations across the country since mid-September.
At least 23 other protesters have been sentenced to death and are awaiting execution, in addition to the two already killed.
Source: News Beast
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