Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was executed in 2020 after a disputed murder conviction, despite claims of torture, concerns ...

UFC President Dana White and U.S. President Donald Trump are pleading with the Iranian government, asking them not to execute Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari. The 27-year-old wrestler has been ...

Calling Afkari “a great popular wrestling star,” Trump took to Twiter to ask Tehran's clerical rulers to stop the execution. “Hearing that Iran is looking to execute a great and popular wrestling star ...

UFC President Dana White posted a video Thursday night urging the government of Iran to overturn a double death sentence given to wrestler Navid Afkari for protesting the regime's economic policies in ...

Navid Afkari, an Iranian wrester convicted of murder in a case that was condemned by rights groups and U.S. President Donald Trump, has been executed, Iranian state media reported on September 12.

The Iranian regime on Saturday executed a wrestling champion despite global appeals to Tehran, including from President Trump, for the regime to spare the 27-year-old’s life. Iranian state media IRNA ...