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A former Iranian professional soccer player has been sentenced to death for his involvement in the widespread protests that have broken out in the country over the last three months, according to London-based activist outlet IranWire.
Amir Nasr-Azadani, 26, faces the possibility of execution after he was arrested in November for being a member of “an armed group” that was reportedly involved in the death of a police colonel and two volunteer militia members during a protest in the city of Isfahan in Central Iran. The city’s chief justice, Asadullah Jafari, told state news agency IRNA that Nasr-Azadani had been charged with rioting against authorities, according to CNN.
