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Top US Jewish Group Urges Olympics Ban for Iran Over Execution of Champion Wrestler
by Staff
October 5, 2020

A top American Jewish group is spearheading a petition urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Iran from the upcoming 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo due to its recent execution of a national wrestling champion. Navid Afkari was executed on September 12 for the alleged killing of a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps — which is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States — during an anti-regime protest in 2018…Afkari claimed he had been forced to confess under torture…The petition written by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) is available to sign online…READ MORE