Navid Afkari

Special Iran set to execute second wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini amid outcry

Iran set to execute second wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini amid outcry

  • Mehdi Ali Hosseini, 29, is expected to be executed imminently as the victim’s family has refused to pardon him
  • Navid Afkari was executed after Tehran claimed he had murdered a water department worker during nationwide protests in August 2018
By Charlie Peters ·