{"id":360410,"date":"2020-09-03T19:20:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T02:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=360410"},"modified":"2020-09-04T05:43:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:43:07","slug":"dana-white-pleads-with-iranian-government-not-to-execute-navid-afkari-please-spare-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-pleads-with-iranian-government-not-to-execute-navid-afkari-please-spare-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White pleads with Iranian government not to execute Navid Afkari: &#8220;Please spare his life&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an emotional video posted on his social media, UFC president Dana White pleaded with the Iranian government not to execute Navid Afkari.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-54008497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC<\/a>, the 27-year-old Afkari is facing execution in Iran after he &#8220;was handed two death sentences over the murder of a security guard during protests in Shiraz&#8221; two years ago. According to the report, Afkari&#8217;s family contends that his confession was extracted via torture. Human rights activists have said that Afkari, who is a popular wrestler in Iran, was peaceful at the protest and the execution should not take place.<\/p>\n<p>United States President Donald Trump, a close friend of White, posted a statement to his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1301627761715490817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> on Thursday urging the Iranian government to spare Afkari&#8217;s life. Trump tagged White &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-dana-white-speaks-at-republican-national-convention-endorses-donald-trump-for-re-election\/\">who recently spoke at the Republican National Convention<\/a> &#8212; in his post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;To the leaders of Iran, I would greatly appreciate if you would spare this young man\u2019s life, and not execute him. Thank you! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanaWhite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NkJb4IsQpt\">https:\/\/t.co\/NkJb4IsQpt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1301627761715490817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Hearing that Iran is looking to execute a great and popular wrestling star, 27-year-old Navid Afkarai, whose sole act was an anti-government demonstration on the streets. They were protesting the \u201ccountry\u2019s worsening economic situation and inflation\u201d&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;To the leaders of Iran, I would greatly appreciate if you would spare this young man\u2019s life, and not execute him. Thank you! @UFC @DanaWhite @FoxNews<\/em><\/p>\n<p>White saw what Trump posted and in a video posted to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEsh7pbgZgc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, the UFC president pleaded with government officials in Iran to not execute Afkari. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CEsh7pbgZgc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Dana White (@danawhite)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey everybody I&#8217;m UFC president Dana White. This week, the New York Times wrote a story about a very famous wrestler from Iran. His name is Navid Afkari. He went to a peaceful protest in Iran and he&#8217;s going to be executed for that. It was brought to my attention &#8212; first of all, this guy is a human being, number two he&#8217;s one of us, he could be one of my fighters. The only thing I thought to do was call the President and see what he can do to help this man. And he said, &#8216;Let us look into it, let me talk to my administration and see if there&#8217;s something we can do to save this man&#8217;s life.&#8217; So today the president tweeted the tweet that is attached to this video. I would just like to say that I, too, respectfully and humbly ask the government officials in Iran to please not execute this man and spare his life,&#8221; Dana White said in his statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an emotional video posted on his social media, UFC president Dana White pleaded with the Iranian government not to execute Navid Afkari. 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