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epa08663860 A supporter of the National Council of Resistance Iran (NWRI) and the Iranian Exile Society in Berlin holds a placard with the picture of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari, while protesting against his execution at the Iranian embassy in Berlin, Germany, 12 September 2020. In Iran, the death sentence against Navid Afkari has apparently been carried out. According to the state news agency Ilna, the 27-year-old Afkari was executed in Adel-Abad prison in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz. The local judicial authority confirmed the execution, it is said. According to the Iranian judicial authorities, Afkari was accused of killing a security officer in a demonstration in Shiraz in 2018. Media report, according to the athlete's own statements, as well as statements by his family and human rights organizations, Afkari's confession was obtained through torture. EPA/ALEXANDER BECHER