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Mohammad Mehdi Karami, a national karate champion, was executed on Saturday by the Iranian regime along with a volunteer children’s trainer named Seyed Mohammad Hosseini.both were accused of assassinating an Islamic militant during the protests in the Asian country that have been generated by the death of the Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been in police custody since September 16, 2022.
With these executions, there are now four that the Iranian regime has carried out, which has also carried out a brutal repression against the opposition citizens who have demonstrated in the streets.s. The karate fighter’s lawyer reported through his Twitter account that his defendant did not have the opportunity to see his relatives before the execution.
DANS LE COULOIR DE LA MORT. Renowned karateka, Mohammad Mahdi Karmi, was condemned Monday to the capital comb in the company of 4 other co-accuses for avoir a militician pro-regime Bassidji on November 3 before a Karaj cimetière. Il n’a que 22 ans.pic.twitter.com/KsqnfdVQDh
— Armin Arefi (@arminarefi) December 9, 2022
Mohammad Mehdi Karami, was a young man of just 21 years of age, dedicated to his discipline in which he had become an Iranian-Kurdish championalso showed a tattoo of the Olympic rings on the inside of his arm.
The cousin of the murdered young athlete told CNN that Karami practiced karate since he was 11 years old and later joined the youth national team with which he won several national victories. in his country, in the same country where the regime that currently occupies power ends up executing him.
The parents of the young karate fighter posted a video on social media last month, in which they begged the Iranian regime to spare their young son’s life. “My son is among the karate champions of Iran and has several national titles and was the fourth ranked member in the national team of Iran. I beg you to lift the writ of execution“, begged the father of the executed young athlete.
International shock after the hangings of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini
Four people have already been executed by the Iranian regime since the start of the protests. The EU called for the annulment of the other death sentences against protesters. /cvml pic.twitter.com/d4SJo6utK0
— DW Español (@dw_espanol) January 7, 2023
Clearly, the Iranian regime did not take into account the plea of the relatives and ended up murdering a young athlete who they accused of a crime that no one could end up corroborating. In addition, the parents affirmed that the young man had been tortured.
From Iran they prepare to execute another 26 people who have been sentenced to deathand they seem not to listen to the international criticism by the European Union and organizations such as Amnesty International that have demanded an end to human rights violations and executions.
The conviction of an Iranian professional footballer, Amir Nasr-Azadani, was recently announced.26, who faced possible execution after taking part in protests for women’s rights in her country. However, this was denied by the Iranian embassy in Colombia.subsequently little has been known about the aforementioned case.
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