Nearly 100 members of Edmonton's Iranian community organized at the Alberta Legislature on Saturday afternoon in support of the executed wrestler Navid Afkari. The community stood socially distant, holding signs that read, "Free political prisoners," "Justice 4 Navid" and "Stop execution in Iran". A display shows pictures of executed Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari, alongside portraits of other political prisoners in Iran at the Alberta Legislature. (Scott Neufeld)Payman Parseyan, a prominent member of the Iranian Edmonton community said there are many ways the government can do so. Before Afkari's execution, the international community had appealed to the Iranian government to spare his life.

Source: CBC News September 20, 2020 00:22 UTC