they say that navid's mother is conflicted in her grief. >> she's so sad for losing navid. secondly, she's so proud of navid because she knows that navid choose the right path. >> for those that navid afkari left behind, the direction of the path is now uncertain, but his faith has prompted other athletes to speak out against the government. >> they bear his name like his body, but he's a hero for millions of young athletes, and he's everywhere now. >> an execution intended to silence and intimidate may just have had the opposite effect. don riddell, cnn. >> and the iranian government has said repeatedly that navid afkari was not tortured and his confession wasn't forced. cnn has asked the government if he received a fair trial and we haven't received a response. >>> i'm kim brunhuber. the latest on that tragic condo complex in florida when cnn newsroom continues in a moment. please do stay with us. ♪ ♪ they can finally come on over again. the covid-19 vaccines are here. it's up to you. -hey. -hi. whoa, nice car. thanks, yeah. i actually got a great deal on it too, although

now the campaign group united for navid wants the world to pay attention to their plight and calling>> i strongly believe iranian athletes are so powerful and they can bring change within the society because you know, they are the true heroes. i really love them, because you know, it's a risk for them as well. most of them they have family inside here. and they know how cruel this regime is. >> reporter: in three separate letters sent in march and april, the campaign group has supplied case studies of 20 different athletes to the ioc, these contain tmz of discrimination, harassment, reprisals, detention and torture. eight athletes are concealed because they are still living in iran and could well be in jeopardy. the campaign group is calling for urgent attention. they say they're determined to keep fighting and are not afraid of the consequences. >> until we get answer from ioc we're not going to give up, this is the right thing to do to raise up and it's about our dignity and we're going to go to the end. >> i died 20 years ago. if you kill me again, you just killed a dead person. i