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"There is a proverb [in Persian] that goes innocently to the gallows, but doesn't go to the top. But it's a lie. We are seeing that everything was a lie."

— Navid Afkari

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"The evidence is there if the court wants to investigate [the acts of torture]."

"There is not one shred of evidence in this damned case that shows I’m guilty. But they don’t want to listen to us. I realised they are looking for a neck for their rope."

"We have no tribune, no money and no party. The only power we have is the energy and voice of the freedom-loving people of the world"

"If I am executed, everyone should know that in the 21st century, with all the costs and mechanisms for human rights such as the UN, the Security Council and etc., an innocent person tried and fought with all his might to make his voice heard. But he was executed."

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