Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari executed despite global outcry

Afkari had been convicted of killing security guard during anti-government protests in 2018

Iran has executed a champion wrestler convicted of murdering a security guard during anti-regime protests in 2018, state media said on Saturday, despite an international campaign to spare his life.

Navid Afkari, 27, was executed this morning after legal procedures were carried out at the insistence of the parents and the family of the victim", the Islamic Republic News Agency quoted the head of the justice department in the southern Fars province as saying.