According to the website Iran International, the governor of Sepidan, a county in the Fars province where Afkari is buried, said the authorities destroyed Navid’s grave site because of a wall that was constructed at the site that violated regulations. The governor claimed that the wall was “without following technical engineering standards, and without permission from technical authorities.” Reports said that Navid’s father and brother sought to “prepare his grave for a tombstone when the security forces who identified themselves as Intelligence Ministry agents arrested them” wrote Iran International.For protesting against the worsening economic situation in 2018, Iran’s regime sentenced Navid’s brothers Vahid and Habib to 56 years and six months in prison and 24 years and three months in prison, respectively. Both brothers are also slated to receive 74 lashes.On Friday, Ehsan Sam-Rajabi dedicated his gold medal victory in the combat sport of jiu-jitsu at the world championships in Orlando to Navid. He sported a T-shirt with a picture of Navid on the podium. Sam-Rajabi, who was a former member of Iran’s national judo team, lives in exile in America.“Today I fought for Navid as a member of the United for Navid campaign and won the world title,” he tweeted.After executing innocent #NavidAfkari, a champion wrestler, and imprisoning his 2 brothers, Islamic Republic of Iran has now desecrated Navid's grave. He's not even allowed to rest in peace. How much more should this poor family suffer? The world, hear this family#United4Navid pic.twitter.com/MwfTI9Vsnm
— Masih Alinejad ️ (@AlinejadMasih) December 18, 2020
من امروز به عنوان يكى از اعضاى كمپين #اتحاد_برای_نوید امروز براى نويد جنگيدم و قهرمان جهان شدم. راه نويد ادامه داره. نويدها جوانه میزنند و رشد میکنند تا روز آزادی. ما ورزشکاران راه او را ادامه خواهیم داد pic.twitter.com/jzcLXuP1Px
— Sam Rajabi (@samrajabii) December 18, 2020