CNN: “Shahid Alikhani square is a nondescript part of the historic Iranian city of Isfahan… But now it has become a place of pilgrimage for supporters of the high-profile Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani who fear the young man could be executed in the square, where an execution platform has been installed.”
Iranian Footballer Among Dozens Facing Execution
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