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Fears for Iranian athletes as mountaineer becomes latest executed

Two sportspeople have been executed in Iran in the past month and at least six more face the same fate, according to Human Rights for Sport. Mountaineer Ali-Sina Mostafavi, arrested in April, was executed on 14 October.

By RedaçãoPublished: 10/27/2026, 12:37

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Para o grupo que documenta os casos, o panorama mais amplo importa tanto quanto as mortes individuais: “A comunidade esportiva iraniana está sob pressão enorme. Para um dos condenados à morte, conseguimos chamar atenção e conscientizar por meio de outras organizações, e eles suspenderam a execução. Mas foi só temporariamente, e estou muito preocupado com todos eles.”

Dois esportistas foram executados no último mês e pelo menos outros seis enfrentam o mesmo destino, segundo o Human Rights for Sport, grupo sediado em Oslo formado por ex-atletas iranianos que vem documentando os casos.

O mais recente é Ali-Sina Mostafavi, alpinista que documentou ascensões a alguns dos picos mais altos do mundo, incluindo o Everest. Ele foi preso em abril, depois de protestos antigoverno meses antes, e executado em 14 de outubro.

A morte dele seguiu-se ao assassinato de Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi, atleta de taekwondo, no início de outubro, e ao enforcamento em maio do lutador de artes marciais mistas Gholamreza Khani Shakarab.

Para quem documenta os casos, Mostafavi importava além do esporte. “Ele era um modelo e muito famoso em toda a comunidade. O que aconteceu com ele também foi um alerta para toda a população: veja o que podemos fazer com alguém assim”, disse um membro do grupo. O grupo afirma que pelo menos outros seis atletas tiveram penas de morte confirmadas pela suprema corte do Irã. Entre eles estão o nadador Ali Pishevarzadeh e o futebolista Ehsan Hosseinpour, ambos presos durante os protestos de janeiro, e o boxeador Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, preso em 2020 por protestos um ano antes, cujo pedido de novo julgamento foi rejeitado no ano passado. O lutador de MMA Benyamin Naghdi e a atleta de hipismo Taraneh Rahi também são citados.

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