Maradona’s children: post on the Iranian footballer sentenced to death and indirectly to the Argentine national team?

A few days ago news came out that terrified the world of sport. Iranian footballer Amir Nasr Azadani, 26, will be executed for defending the rights of women and children. Capital punishment is also extended to actor Hossein Mohammadi.

Both were arrested 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 failing to wear the hijabs according to the rules.

As the hours passed, many joined the protests against the Islamic regime of Persian origin. From the official account of Diego Maradonaadministered by his sons, they also expressed their refusal.

“No to the death penalty in Iran for Amir Nasr-Azadani“, was the publication along with a photo of the athlete with his arms raised.

And, in the end, they added a spicy phrase that indirectly addresses the 32 teams that have played or disputed the World Cup in Qatar, including the Argentina national team from Lionel Messi. “I ask myself: what would you do, dad, if you played this world cup?“, the image concluded.

It was just a fleeting story instagram with two sentences, but the message is far-reaching.

Diego Maradona was known for always saying what he thought and standing by it over time. It doesn’t matter who he had to face. Although, despite this share of unique authenticity, it has often generated controversy that has made it the object of criticism.

This expression of the sons of Ten could also be related to another situation that occurred recently on the networks, when Gianinna Maradona congratulated Brazil for dedicating a banner to Pelé when the star was seriously hospitalized.

The conviction of the Iranian footballer

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.

Isfahan court chief Asadollah Jafari said the Sepahan and Tractor footballer was “one of 9 charged; in the case where three security officers were killed during the 25 November 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, the 23-year-old who should have been hanged a few days ago, remains suspended between life and death: his main accuser, agent 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 asking that the detainees and the condemned 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 re-launched 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.