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Iran airs televised confession of wrestler after Trump tweet

by Associated Press
| September 7, 2020 12:06 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran, which has a history of broadcasting suspected forced confessions, aired a statement by a wrestler who faces the death penalty and whose case recently drew a critical tweet from President Donald Trump.

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