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Protests following the death of Mahsa Amini have spread across Iran and have been met by a fierce crackdown, in which dozens are estimated to have been killed and hundreds arrested.
Ali Daei on 27 September called on Iran's government to 'solve the problems of the Iranian people rather than using repression, violence and arrests'.
Ali Karimi, considered one of his country's most prominent football icons, has voiced extensive support Iranian demonstrators protesting the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody.
Pezeshkian won a a runoff race on 5 July against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili to replace president Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash.
Amnesty International said that the death sentence handed to Gholamreza Rasaei was based on a forced confession obtained under torture.
Protests have erupted in Iran, over the government's refusal to increase the pay of civil servants in the judiciary.
One of the Iranian girl's mothers said her teenage daughter had bruises and cuts to her face and neck after the violent arrest by the morality police.
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Iranian women's poor political representation could be set to worsen under an ultraconservative poised to win next week's presidential election.
HRW has called on Iran to release the nearly 40 teachers who were arrested during protests since the start of this month
Alireza Zakani has followed Mohsen Mehralizadeh and withdrawn from the upcoming presidential election.