The organization published a post late Monday evening, in which they ask that the execution be cancelled. – Fifpro is shocked and disgusted by reports that professional footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani faces execution in Iran after campaigning for women’s rights and fundamental freedoms in his country. We stand in solidarity with Amir and demand the immediate removal of his sentence, they write on Twitter. Fifpro represents 65,000 players worldwide. According to Amnesty International, Nasr-Azadani is one of six individuals who are either awaiting or undergoing trial on charges that carry the death penalty. Nasr-Azadani is 26 years old and last played for Iranian football club Tractor. More footballers in trouble Nor is he the only footballer who has ended up in the authorities’ spotlight recently – for completely different things than football. At the end of November, several media, including Iran International, reported that the Iranian footballer Voria Ghafouri had been arrested in Iran. Ghafouri has previously played for the Iranian national team, but was not part of the World Cup squad in Qatar. There were also protests there. Because while the supporters chose to bow while the national anthem played, the Iranian players chose not to sing along before the opening match against England in the World Cup. When they remained silent, state Iranian television chose to censor the images, according to Iran International. There was, however, singing throughout the championship, which several of the Iranian supporters were not satisfied with. Several experts also believed that it was not of free will. – I think they have been pressured to sleep. There were some who tried to move their lips just barely, said Norwegian-Iranian and media sociologist Sharam Alghasi to news at the time. – They must have been exposed to pressure. When they didn’t sing, it was an insult to the Iranian regime that sent them there, said news’s former Middle East correspondent Sidsel Wold.
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