New Delhi: Ahead of the final of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar on Sunday, famous Columbian singer Shakira expressed her concern for the Iranian footballer Amir Nasr, who is reportedly facing execution for supporting women’s rights. She said that she hopes that the players on the field as well as the whole world remember that "there’s a man and fellow footballer called Amir Nasr, on death row."
“Today at the final of the World Cup, I only hope the players on the field and the whole world remembers that there’s a man and fellow footballer called Amir Nasr, on death row, only for speaking in favor of Women’s rights,” Shakira wrote on Twitter. “I hope there’s more than a minute of silence in our hearts to remember what’s important and more than one voice united screaming for what is just,” she said in another tweet.
Amir Nasr-Ajadani is 26 years old and a famous footballer. Reportedly, he has been sentenced to death for participating in the anti-hijab movement. Iran Anti-Hijab Protests have been going on for the past few months.
According to a Newsweek report, Amir Nasr-Ajadani was arrested in November for participating in an anti-hijab protest. Amir was later charged with the death of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander.
According to media reports, Amir Nasr-Azadani briefly participated in an anti-hijab protest. This time he along with other protestors raised anti-government slogans. After this, Amir Nasr-Azadani was detained. He was charged with 'mohre beh' meaning enmity against God. 'Mohre Beh' is punishable by death.
FIFPRO, the international association of professional football players, has raised its voice against the death sentence given to Amir Nasr-Azdani. FIFPRO is deeply shocked by the news that professional footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani faces the death penalty in Iran for campaigning for women's rights and fundamental freedoms in his country. The organisation tweeted, 'We stand in solidarity with Aamir and demand that his sentence be revoked immediately.'
The Iranian footballer is among two dozen people who are at risk of facing capital punishment for participating in the anti-hijab protests, rights groups have said, as reported by Live Mint.
Tehran is using the death penalty to quell protests. Nationwide anti-hijab protests erupted in Iran after 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the morality police for allegedly violating Iran's mandatory hijab law, died in a hospital in Tehran under suspicious circumstances.