MMA fighter Benyamin Naghdi sentenced to death in Shiraz

Benyamin Naghdi, 26, an MMA fighter and kickboxer arrested at a Shiraz protest on 3 January whose coerced confession was aired the next day, was sentenced to death for efsad-fil-arz by Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court, IHRNGO reported citing Emtedad.