Soccer union 'sickened' by reports Iranian player faces possible execution | CNN

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42% : CNN -- The global soccer players' union, FIFPRO, said it is "shocked and sickened" by reports that Iranian soccer player Amir Nasr-Azadani faces the possibility of execution "after campaigning for women's rights and basic freedom in his country." "We stand in solidarity with Amir and call for the immediate removal of his punishment," FIFPRO said in a statement posted on Twitter on Monday.
40% : Under Iran's penal code, his sentence could carry the death penalty if proven that the accused had used a firearm, otherwise he could be sentenced to prison.
37% : Iran executed a second man allegedly involved in the nationwide protest movement after he was convicted of fatally stabbing two security officials last month, Mizan Online, a news agency affiliated with Iran's judiciary, and the semi-official Tasmin news agency reported on Monday.
33% : Anti-government protests have raged in Iran since September, sparked initially by the case of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being apprehended by the state's morality police for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly.

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