An Iranian soccer player has been sentenced to death for his involvement in the widespread protests that have broken out in the country over the last three months, according to London-based activist outlet IranWire.
Amir Nasr-Azadani, 26, faces the possibility of execution after he was arrested in November for being a member of “an armed group” that was reportedly involved in the death of a police colonel and two volunteer militia members during a protest in the city of Isfahan in Central Iran. The city’s chief justice, Asadullah Jafari, told state news agency IRNA that Nasr-Azadani had been charged with rioting against authorities, according to CNN.