Iran executes second wrestler within months: Report

Published January 26, 2021 7:31pm ET



Months after Iran executed champion wrestler Navid Afkari and drew international outrage, the country reportedly put another wrestler to death.

Mehdi Ali Hosseini, 30, was executed on Monday, according to human rights group IHR, which cited state-run media. Hosseini, who hails from Andimeshk in the province of Khuzestan, has been imprisoned for the past five years over accusations of premeditated murder resulting from an alleged group brawl.

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