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on October 27, 2026, 6:02 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/27/fears-grow-for-iranian-athletes-on-death-row-as-mountaineer-latest-to-be-hanged
Fears are growing for more Iranian athletes facing execution after mountain climber Ali-Sina Mostafavi became the latest in a string to be killed by the regime.
Mostafavi – who documented his ascents of some of the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest – was executed on 14 October having been arrested in April after the anti-government protests a few months earlier. His death followed the killing of Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi, a taekwondo athlete, at the start of October, and the mixed martial arts fighter Gholamreza Khani Shakarab, who was hanged in May.
Now Human Rights for Sport – a group of former Iranian athletes based in Oslo that has been documenting the growing number of cases – has warned that at least six more are facing execution after having their sentences upheld by Iran’s supreme court. They include the swimmer Ali Pishevarzadeh and the footballer Ehsan Hosseinpour, who were both arrested during the January protests, and Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani – a boxer arrested in 2020 for taking part in protests a year earlier. He saw his request for a retrial rejected last year.
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