Iranian state TV on Saturday reported that the country's authorities executed a wrestler for allegedly murdering a man, after U.S. President Donald Trump asked for the 27-year-old condemned man's life to be spared. The Iranian regime’s execution of Navid Afkari is a vicious and cruel act. #نویدمان_را_کشتند —@SecPompeoLast week, Trump tweeted out his own concern about Afkari's case. Iran responded to Trump's tweet with a nearly 11-minute state TV package on Afkari. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)The state TV segment showed blurred police documents and described the killing as a "personal dispute," without elaborating.

Source: CBC News September 12, 2020 22:18 UTC