Bashir Hamidi News Today

Ali Mutairi is the latest in a slew of murders of athletes by the Irani government. More details on the forced confession inside.

Iran has executed yet another athlete for anti-regime political activism. On Thursday (January 28), prominent boxer and coach Ali Mutairi was executed in Sheiban prison, bringing the tally to three in just the last four months alone. The sentence was carried out amid allegations that Mutairi was severely tortured and forced to confess killing two government-backed Basij militia members in 2018. The 30-year-old boxer was charged with "moharebeh" meaning "war against god" and "corruption on Earth...