Execution of Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkar 'deeply upsetting': International Olympic Committee

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Execution of Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkar 'deeply upsetting': International Olympic Committee

Execution of Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkar 'deeply upsetting': International Olympic Committee

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Published 13 Sep 2020

Execution of Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari is "deeply upsetting," says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Saturday.

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International Olympic Committee 'shocked' by Iranian wrestler's execution

On Saturday, Navid Afkari was executed at a prison in southern Iranian, something the IOC labeled as "very sad news".

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