<p>Two sportspeople have been executed in the past month and at least six more face the same fate, says activist group</p><p>Fears are growing for more Iranian athletes facing execution after mountain climber Ali-Sina Mostafavi became the latest in a string to be killed by the regime.</p><p>Mostafavi – who documented his ascents of some of the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest – was executed on 14 October having been arrested in April after the anti-government protests a few months earlier. His death followed the killing of Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi, a taekwondo athlete, at the start of October, and the mixed martial arts fighter <a href="https://iranhr.net/en/articles/8770/">Gholamreza Khani Shakarab, who was hanged</a> in May.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/27/fears-grow-for-iranian-athletes-on-death-row-as-mountaineer-latest-to-be-hanged">Continue reading...</a>
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Fears grow for Iranian athletes on death row as mountaineer latest to be hanged
<p>Two sportspeople have been executed in the past month and at least six more face the same fate, says activist group</p><p>Fears are growing for more Iranian athletes facing execution after mountain climber Ali-Sina Mostafavi became the latest in a string to be killed by the regime.</p><p>Mostafavi – who documented his ascents of some of the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest – was executed on 14 October having been arrested in April after the anti-government protests a few months earlier. His death followed the killing of Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi, a taekwondo athlete, at the start of October, and the mixed martial arts fighter <a href="https://iranhr.net/en/articles/8770/">Gholamreza Khani Shakarab, who was hanged</a> in May.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/27/fears-grow-for-iranian-athletes-on-death-row-as-mountaineer-latest-to-be-hanged">Continue reading...</a>