UFC President Dana White posted a video Thursday night urging the government of Iran to overturn a double death sentence given to wrestler Navid Afkari for protesting the regime's economic policies in 2018.
TMZ Sports reported Tuesday that Afkari and his two brothers faced more than 20 charges, including "attending illegal gatherings, assembly and conspiracy to commit crimes against national security and insulting the supreme leader."
They were all found guilty. Afkari's brothers received long prison terms, but he was sentenced to death in addition to the 74 lashes also ordered to his siblings, per TMZ.