Iran Policy & Politics Research Analyst | Focused on pathways toward a secular, democratic republic in Iran.
Washington, DC
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Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
The international recognition of Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani must become urgent action to save his life. Two overturned death sentences, another upheld sentence, reports of torture and years of imprisonment make silence unacceptable. His courage has earned international recognition; now he needs effective international protection. Stop his execution. Save Mohammad Javad!
#SaveMohammadJavad #MagnitskyAwards
#NoToExecutionTuesdays
@amnesty @antonioguterres @folketinget @vafodk @AFP
Trending Now: Iranian Boxer on Death Row Wins Magnitsky Human Rights Award teapawt.net/i/trending/21208507393…
Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani from Mashhad earned the 2026 Magnitsky Award for his courage against repression, tied to his role in 2019 protests and [MEK] opposition support. Charged with 'corruption on earth,' he has endured two overturned death sentences, a third upheld in 2025, plus reports of torture and solitary confinement in Vakilabad Prison.
@GMJCampaign #MagnitskyAwards
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
Iranian boxing champion facing execution wins prestigious human rights award express.co.uk/news/world/226…
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
EDITORS' PICK | Iranian boxer on death row for protesting to be honored in London with human rights award trib.al/qwWxnPz
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
In December 2025, MEPs @Europarl_EN campaigned to #SaveMohammadJavad
The decision by @GMJCampaign to award 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist to Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani is a significant human rights event.
Political Prisoner #MohammadJavadVafaeiSani Has Been Transferred to Solitary Confinement Today and Faces Imminent Execution
We call on the European Union, @eu_eeas @Europarl_EN and member states, and all human rights defenders to take urgent action to save his life
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
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
جايزه فعال برجسته حقوق بشر بنياد مگنيتسكي درسال 2026 قرار است به زنداني سياسي محمد جواد وفايي ثاني داده شود. این جایزه طی مراسمی در ۱۲ نوامبر اهدا میشود.
با قدردانی و تشکر از بنیاد مگنیتسکی که بدین وسیله صدای آزادیخواهی مردم ایران را انعکاس می دهد.
#MagnitskyAwards #SaveMohammadJavad
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@GMJCampaign
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
🚨Fox News: Iranian boxer on death row wins human rights award as athletes push to save his life.
Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani was arrested after the 2019 protests and charged with “corruption on earth.”
#MagnitskyAwards
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
I know about courage, but the courage of Iranian boxer facing execution for political beliefs is of entirely different order, says Tracy Edwards express.co.uk/news/world/226…
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
This poor man has been on death row for years in Iran, & had his execution cancelled twice, all because he speaks out against an evil regime who controls with tyranny, fear & murder of it’s own people
Iranian boxing champion facing execution wins prestigious human rights award express.co.uk/news/world/226…
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
🚨 Today in the UK House of Commons, @BobBlackman welcomes the 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist for Iran’s boxing champion on death row Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani and urges UK action to help #SaveMohammadJavad.
#MagnitskyAwards @GMJCampaign @Billbrowder
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
🚨 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
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
@Markus_Soeder You say Iranians must decide their own future. Then why lend your office’s prestige to a man whose political claim rests on being the son of a deposed monarch?
Reza Pahlavi has repeatedly expressed pride in his family’s legacy, while victims of his father’s dictatorship are still seeking justice.
You owe the German public an explanation: why are you lending democratic credibility to someone who celebrates that legacy?
How shameful!!
#No2ShahNo2Mullahs
#FreeIran! Bayern steht zu den Bemühungen um Freiheit und Frieden des iranischen Volkes. Heute war Reza Pahlavi zu Gast in der Staatskanzlei – er ist Sohn des letzten Schahs von #Iran und Stimme der iranischen Opposition im Exil. Menschenrechte, Demokratie und insbesondere auch die Rechte der Frauen sind nicht verhandelbar. Alle Menschen im Iran sollen frei sein. Dazu muss der jahrzehntelange Terror des aktuellen Regimes endlich aufhören. Die Iraner sollen selbst und ohne Unterdrückung über ihre Zukunft entscheiden dürfen. Bayern zeigt dafür klare Haltung und Solidarität. Großen Respekt an die iranische Exil-Community, die unermüdlich für Freiheit und Demokratie in ihrer Heimat eintritt.
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
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
BREAKING: Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani wins the 2026 Magnitsky Award: Outstanding Human Rights Activist.
An Iranian martial arts and boxing champion and coach, he is on death row for taking part in anti-government protests and supporting the political opposition.
#MagnitskyAwards
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
Herr Söder @Markus_Soeder, möchten Sie wissen, mit wem Sie sich getroffen haben (Reza Pahlavi)? Lesen Sie den folgenden Artikel:
#No2Pahlavi #No2ShahNo2Mullahs
berliner-zeitung.de/article/…
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
Iranian boxer on death row for protesting to be honored in London with human rights award - "Iranian boxer Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani will not be in London on Thursday to accept his Outstanding Human Rights Activist Award from the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign. He remains on death row in his home country for protesting the government." go.shr.lc/4iSZsJX - @washtimes
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
Herr Söder, Sie reden von Frieden und Freiheit, hofieren aber einen Mann, der eine Bombardierung seines eigenen Landes befürwortet, um an die Macht zu kommen. Wie passt das zusammen?
Reza Pahlavi ist NICHT „die Stimme der iranischen Opposition“. Wer hat ihm dieses Mandat erteilt? Millionen Iranerinnen und Iraner haben ihn weder gewählt noch autorisiert, für sie zu sprechen.
Und wer ernsthaft für Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit eintritt, muss sich auch mit den Verbrechen des Schah-Regimes und seiner Geheimpolizei #SAVAK auseinandersetzen – statt stolz dessen Erbe zu feiern.
Frieden durch Bomben? Demokratie ohne historische Aufarbeitung? Opposition ohne demokratisches Mandat?
Herr Söder, Solidarität mit dem iranischen Volk bedeutet, dessen Selbstbestimmung zu respektieren – und nicht, einen selbsternannten Repräsentanten politisch zu legitimieren.
#FreeIran bedeutet Selbstbestimmung – nicht Monarchie durch Bomben!
#No2Pahlavi #No2ShahNo2Mullahs
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
Son of the deposed shah! the son of a dictator which killed thousands to reign over the people of Iran, what a disgrace!
You speak of a Free Iran, Pahlavi represents return to dictatorship
#No2ShahNo2Mullahs
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
A must read!
From Ahmad Chalabi to Reza Pahlavi: The politics of manufactured opposition
By Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Majid Rafizadeh
#No2ShahNo2Mullahs
Reza Pahalvi is an imposter and a charlatan with a last name. A manufactured opposition "leader" and an Ahmed Chalabi wannabe!
washingtonexaminer.com/op-ed…
From Ahmad Chalabi to Reza Pahlavi: The politics of manufactured opposition
Amir R. Bolurchi retweeted
محمدجواد وفایی ثانی تنها به دلیل شرکت در قیام و وابستگی سیاسی و حمایت از سازمان مجاهدین خلق ایران (MEK)، به‌عنوان نیروی اصلی مقاومت به رهبری شورای ملی مقاومت ایران (NCRI)، به اعدام محکوم شده است.
پرونده او به‌روشنی نشان‌دهنده وحشت رژیم از مقاومت سازمان‌یافته است. جان او در خطر فوری قرار دارد.
جامعه جهانی باید خواستار آزادی بی‌قیدوشرط او و پایان دادن به اعدام زندانیان سیاسی شود.
#محمدجواد_وفایی_ثانی #نه_به_اعدام #ایران_آزاد #StopExecutionsInIran
