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[Sir William Browder KCMG @Billbrowder]

Boxer on death row in Iran vows ‘not to bow before oppression’ after winning Magnitsky human rights prize https://t.co/5Zgq7zyiKw

[Kerry Kennedy @KerryKennedyRFK]

The Iranian regime has long used its justice system as a weapon against anyone who dares to challenge its power. It criminalizes peaceful opposition, tortures dissidents, and hands down death sentences to silence calls for freedom.

Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, an Iranian boxing champion, is facing imminent execution for participating in pro-democracy protests. Since his detention in 2020, he has endured severe physical and psychological torture and prolonged solitary confinement. While his death sentence was twice overturned by the Supreme Court, when sentenced to death for a third time, the verdict was confirmed in October 2025.

Yesterday, Mohammad Javad received the 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist, presented in absentia as the regime threatens to take his life. No one should face death for standing up for democracy and human rights. The Iranian regime must halt his execution and release him immediately.

[Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign @GMJCampaign]

At last night’s #MagnitskyAwards, @BobBlackman MP presented the Outstanding Human Rights Activist Award to Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, who is on death row in Iran.

Earlier that day, he raised Mohammad's case in the House of Commons, calling for his release.

[Medyascope @medyascope]

“Bu ödülü, özgür bir İran istemek ‘suçundan’ hapsedilen, işkence gören, tehdit edilen veya idama mahkûm edilen herkes adına; direniş birimlerindeki mücadele arkadaşlarım ve özgürlüğün bedelini hayatlarıyla ödeyen bir nesil adına kabul ediyorum”

İran'da üç kez idama mahkûm edilen boks şampiyonu Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, Londra'da Magnitsky İnsan Hakları Ödülü'ne layık görüldü

https://t.co/MCIvh7Z10D

[Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign @GMJCampaign]

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[Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign @GMJCampaign]

An acceptance speech from death row in Iran.

Against all odds, Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani got a message out of prison for last night’s #MagnitskyAwards.

Mohammad Namdari read his words on his behalf: “We will never surrender. We will never submit to humiliation.”

[Nick Grief @njgR75kls]

Such courage! #SaveMohammadJavad
#MagnitskyAwards

[SIMAY AZADI TV @en_simayazadi]

🚨Breaking: Iranian boxer on death row receives 2026 Magnitsky Award

Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, a 31-year-old political prisoner under a death sentence, was awarded the Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist in London on Thursday.
British MP Bob Blackman introduced him at the ceremony. Vafaei Sani’s friend Mohammad Namdari, an aerospace engineer, accepted the award on his behalf and read a message from him sent from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad. In it, he said he would continue to stand firm.
Vafaei Sani is a martial arts and boxing champion and coach who won a national silver medal. He was arrested in November 2019 for taking part in the uprising and has spent seven years in prison under torture and pressure while awaiting execution.
Iran’s judiciary has sentenced him to death three times on charges of membership in the PMOI.

[Nick Grief @njgR75kls]

#MagnitskyAwards
Later tonight, Iranian boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, facing imminent execution for his pro-democracy activities, will be presented in absentia with the 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist. #SaveMohammadJavad

[Cicero @cicero_online]

Der Boxer Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani sitzt seit 7 Jahren in iranischer Haft. Nun ist er mit dem internationalen Magnitsky-Menschenrechtspreis (@GMJCampaign) ausgezeichnet worden. Gastautor Martin Patzelt fordert, dass sich Deutschland für ihn einsetzt. https://t.co/ehqkKgZn9d

[Antonio Stango @AntonioStango]

A message by Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani from the death row in #Iran - “I accept the Magnitsky Award on behalf of the Resistance Units of Iran”.

[Dr. David R. Boyd @EnvirOptimist]

Congratulations to Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani for this well-deserved recognition. I call upon the government of Iran to commute his sentence, set him free, and terminate the use of the death penalty for political prisoners.
Yes to freedom of expression!
#StopExecutionsInIran

[Tracy Edwards @TracyEdwardsMBE]

Later this evening, Iranian boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, who faces imminent execution for his pro-democracy activities, will be presented with the 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist.
#MagnitskyAwards #SaveMohammadJavad

The award will be presented to him in absentia in London by the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign.

Mohammad Javad was arrested in Mashhad in 2020 after taking part in the nationwide anti-government protests of November 2019. Accused of membership in the opposition People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), he was charged with “corruption on earth” and sentenced to death following proceedings widely condemned as grossly unfair.

He has reportedly endured severe physical and psychological torture, prolonged solitary confinement, and repeated threats of execution. His death sentence has twice been overturned by Iran’s Supreme Court, only for him to be sentenced to death for a third time in September 2024. That verdict was upheld in October 2025.

His case has prompted an international campaign involving prominent sporting and human rights figures. Former world heavyweight boxing champion and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, Olympic medallist @sharrond62, former world No. 1 tennis player @Martina and Round the World Sailor @TracyEdwardsMBE are among those who have appealedto save his life. Last month, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Leopoldo Maldonado also staged a 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with Mohammad Javad and the campaign to stop his execution.

@wsusportsunion

[Pouya BMT @BMT_FreeIran]

🚨 Today in the UK House of Lords, @malcolmbruce welcomes the 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist for Iran’s boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani.

Mohammad Javad faces imminent execution for defending democracy.

#MagnitskyAwards #SaveMohammadJavad

[BFM @BFMTV]

“Le monde ne doit pas rester les bras croisés"

Plusieurs athlètes olympiques appellent l’Iran à suspendre l'exécution d’un champion de boxe

[Pepper Moirraine @PepperMoirraine]

Iranian boxer on death row wins human rights award as athletes push to save his life https://t.co/obTbCRcCqB #FoxNews

[مریم رجوی @Maryam_Rajavi_P]

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[Dorien Rookmaker @RookmakerDorien]

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[Maryam Radjavi @Maryam_Rajavi_F]

Le prix du « Défenseur exceptionnel des droits humains » décerné à Mohammad Javad Vafa’i Sani témoigne du soutien apporté à tous les prisonniers politiques en Iran.
Que ce soit sous la dictature du chah ou sous la dictature religieuse, la jeunesse iranienne a payé le prix fort pour la liberté, subissant la torture et l’exécution, mais sa lutte pour une république démocratique reste inébranlable. Elle mérite la solidarité et le soutien du monde entier.

[M. Hanif Jazayeri @HanifJazayeri]

💯 #MagnitskyAwards #SaveMohammadJavad