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FIFPRO reacts as Iran sentence footballer to death

Published on December 13, 2022 at 05:49 PM

The world union of professional footballers, FIFPRO, has said it was “shocked”; by the news of Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani being sentenced to death in connection with protests which have shaken the Asian country for three months.

FIFPRO disclosed this in a tweet via its Twitter handle on Monday night.

“FIFPRO is shocked and sickened by reports that professional footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani faces execution in Iran after campaigning for women’s rights and basic freedom in his country,”; FIFPRO tweeted.

It added, “We stand in solidarity with Amir and call for the immediate removal of his punishment.”;

Nasr-Azadani last played as a defender for the Persian Gulf Pro League club Tractor.

Recall that Nasr-Azadani, 26, was arrested in the city of Isfahan two days after supposedly taking part in an “armed riot”; in which three security personnel were killed in September, Isfahan’s judiciary chief Abdullah Jafari was quoted by Iran’s ISNA news agency as saying on Sunday.

Jafari said Nasr-Azadani had been accused of “rebellion,”; among others and therefore assisting in “Moharabeh”; or “enmity against God,”; a capital crime in the Islamic republic.

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