Iran Warns Foreign Powers After Execution Of Navid Afkari
September 14, 2020
10:33 am
The Iranian Justice Department on Monday warned European embassies in Tehran against interfering in the case of Navid Afkari, a professional wrestler whose execution at the weekend prompted shock internationally.
βForeign embassies should not become the mouthpiece for Iranian opposition groups and should at the very least adhere to diplomatic norms,ββ Ali Bagheri, deputy head of the departmentβs office for international affairs, said.
According to him, pressure from abroad would undermine neither the Iranian justice system nor the Islamic laws that govern the country.
The top official did not mention Afkari by name or which embassies he was referring to.…
