Meanwhile, as the latest instance, authorities detained national wrestling champion Navid Afkari for participating in anti-establishment protests in August 2018. To justify the death sentence, Raisi’s judiciary falsely accused him of murder. He evidently refused accusations, declaring that he was subjected to torture for forced confession. His lawyer also rejected allegations in accordance with the Islamic Republic’s Penal Code.
Authorities applied extreme physical and psychological torture to Abdi. For instance, they detained Abdi’s entire family and held them in custody for around six months, seeking to break her soul and succumb her. However, she denied it and eventually was executed along with 30,000 political prisoners in the summer of 1988.
