Global shock: an Iranian footballer will be executed for defending the rights of children and women

The “imminent” execution scheduled for today of one of the young protesters sentenced in Iran for participating in anti-regime protests did not take place, but the climate of terror is cleverly fueled in the country, with the spread of news of new deaths

The death sentence for the former footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani, 26, and for the theater actor of the same age, Hossein Mohammadi, was leaked today. Both detained after participating in demonstrations that spread across Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, which occurred while under arrest at the Morale Police Headquarters for not wearing the hijab according to the rules

Amir and Hossein for the judges of the Islamic Republic are two “traitors”, they have carried out acts of “war”, undermined the safety of the people and therefore deserve to die

The head of the Isfahan court, Asadollah Jafari, said the former Sepahan and Tractor footballer was “one of 9 charged in the case where three security officers were killed during the November 25 riots”.

Azadani, arrested on November 27, is accused of being a member of an “armed and organized group that operates with the intention of attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran”. A court in Karaj instead decided the fate of Mohammadi: the artist is part of a group of five people arrested on November 5, all sentenced to death

Sedarat Madani remains suspended between life and death, the 23-year-old who should be hanged today: his main accuser, the officer Mohammad Reza Qonbartalib, wrote on Twitter that he had pardoned Sedarat and that the sentence was “suspended and postponed”

But the Iranian judiciary has not confirmed the suspension.

Previously, in another since-deleted tweet, Qonbartalib had announced the suspension of execution for only 48 hours.

In short, rather than a slowdown in executions by the authorities, the ups and downs of the announcements suggest a strategy to intimidate anyone willing to take to the streets for new demonstrations.

Meanwhile, despite the ferocity of the authorities exhibited on December 8 with the morning hanging of the protester Mohsen Shekar, 23, messages from activists and ordinary people are bouncing on social networks demanding that prisoners and convicts return to their homes

Such is the publication of French actress Juliette Binoche calling for a halt to the execution of actor Hossein Mohammadi and other protesters, which has been relaunched thousands of times

Families, when they can, join the whirlwind of messages looking for a thread of hope in every detail.

This is the case of the father of Sahand Noormohammadzadeh, one of the young men sentenced to death, who in an interview with Sharq denied the news that his son had been transferred to Rajaee Shahr prison to be executed: “Sahand is being held by Fashafuye” Ha called today. The published reports of the execution of his sentence are not true,” he said.

With information from ANSA