UN Rights Chief Asked to Help Stop Looming Iran Execution

GENEVA - Dozens of rights experts and nongovernmental organizations have asked the United Nations rights chief to intervene urgently to prevent the execution of an Iranian boxing champion sentenced for his role in 2019 protests.

The appeal came after Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani's execution verdict was confirmed on Wednesday and he was taken to a secluded section of the Vakilabad prison in the city of Mashhad, wher