⁍ Navid Afkari was executed earlier this month after being convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during anti-government protests.
⁍ Iran’s Supreme Court rejected a review of the case in late August.
– The United States will impose new sanctions on a number of Iranian officials and entities, including a judge who sentenced Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari to death, Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Thursday, per Reuters. Afkari was executed earlier this month after being convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during anti-government protests in 2018. Iran’s Supreme Court rejected a review of the case in late August.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/us-to-announce-more-iran-sanctions-on-thursday-top-envoy-says-idUSKCN26F2CY