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According to state-run ISNA news agency, on January 12, French news site SOfoot wrote that FIFA has recently added an article (provision) to its statutes emphasizing on human rights according to which the organization will deal with countries that implement death penalty in sports stadiums.<\/p>\n
The name of Iran regime is included in the FIFA\u2019s report as a country that carries out death penalty in sport stadiums. In recent years, a number of executions by hanging have been carried out in sport stadiums in Iran. However, a death penalty carried out in the football stadium in Neyriz in Fars province (southern Iran) on September 22, 2016, was reported to FIFA.<\/p>\n
In this regard, the human rights organization ECPM in France, protesting implementation of death penalties in sport stadiums in Iran, has sent a letter to Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, to inform him about executions in sport (football) stadiums. The human rights organization particularly called on FIFA to boycott Iranian regime and remove the regime football from the international competitions.<\/p>\n
Rapha\u00ebl Chenuil-Hazan, director of ECPM, in his letter to FIFA\u2019s president wrote: \u201cFIFA cannot ignore this behaviour. If I was a player, I would not play (football) in a place where a human being is executed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following the letter, FIFA has finally reacted to these events and Fatima Samoura, FIFA\u2019s secretary general, in a letter responded: \u201c\u2026FIFA condemns any such action which by its nature fundamentally violates the dignity inherent to every human being. In this regard, I am committed to raise this topic in my future exchange with Iran Football Federation \u2026 We will prevent such actions through our programs\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to Article 3 of our statues, FIFA is committed to respect internationally recognized human rights and promote protection of these rights. These commitment included efforts to prevent such actions that have adverse human rights impacts,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
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