In 2022, the U.S. team had little trouble in individual matches with wrestlers from Mongolia and Georgia in the first two rounds. These included Tehran's Soore University, which sent a text message to a group of female students inviting them to participate in a "mandatory cultural camp." Some angry parents have refused to send their children to school. In a letter sent last year to Mohammad-Mehdi Esmaili, the minister of culture and Islamic guidance, Madani protested against the banning of the publication of his books without a court order. At least one death has been linked to the outbreak of illnesses, the news release said, but the girl's father refused to confirm there was a connection between her death and the alleged poisonings. The Poland Openacted as ateam trialfor at97kg and 130kg. Security forces have also launched a series of raids on schools across the country, violently arresting students, especially female students, who have defiantly taken off their hijabs in protest. Ayub Fesahat, a municipal official in Tehran, denied that mutton prices had reached 5,000,000 rials. Vinay Siwach, ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (February 26) -- Suleyman ATLI's (TUR) 2022 was rather lackluster as he failed to win a gold medal in three competitions and finished eighth at the World Championships. The team Anboohsazan Hootan defeated Setaregan Sari, 7-3 toplace third in 2022 Iran Freestyle league. By cooperating with the scheme, Turkmenistan will become a full member of the gas analogue of OPEC, which is being created by Russia and Iran and to which Qatar intends to join, it continued. Nejati tightened his place in the Iranian GR lineup as captured gold medal in at the Ukranian tournament. 74kg- Mostafa HOSSEINKHANI Reza Pahlavi, the former crown prince of Iran, says the fall of the Islamic republic and the establishment of a democratic government would not only liberate Iranians from the tyranny of a "terrorist regime," but also benefit global peace and stability and ensure the interests of the international community. But he said it "doesn't mean that this would be a right decision if and when," for example, talks over reviving the nuclear deal between world powers and Tehran resumed. Iranian-born Afsoon Johnston became the first woman to win a world wrestling medal for Team USA with a bronze in 1989. BRONZE - Ihor NYKYFORUK (UKR) df. Protesting students have chanted "Woman, life, freedom" and "Death to the dictator" at the rallies. He also scored a point via stepout. Before the final, Atli outscored his opponents 40-3 with a semifinal win over Nicholas SURIANO (USA) with smart tactics of keeping his energy conserved to outperform Suriano. and Sergei Kozyrev of Russian Federation during the Wrestling Freestyle - Men's 110kg on Day 8 of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games at the Asia Pavilion, Youth . Iranian wrestlers, despite their status as beloved heroes at home, have also been victims of the Islamic Republics oppression. He then got 2022 U23 world champion Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO) and it was only the Georgian's conditioning, or rather a lack of it, which let him down as Akmataliev scored a fall after leading 14-7. Mykhailov used a head pinch to score and seal up the win, 8-6. Moore was supposed to face teammate Nathan JACKSON (USA) in the final but the latter pulled out, perhaps because of the bleeding from the head he struggled with throughout the day. Hassan Yazdanicharati of Iran (left) competes against David Taylor of the United States at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021. Seventeen students of an Iranian girls' high school got respiratory poisoning and were admitted to the hospital on February 21 in a string of similar incidents in recent months. U.S. wrestlers have praised the warm welcome they have received in Iran, which has a passionate wrestling fan base. Orozobek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ), 6-4 But for action points, Tevanyan struck first with a single leg to lead 2-1. Alireza Dabir, formerly a U.S. Green Card holder, publicly expressed support for the Islamic republic's "Death to America" chant and said that he "didn't like" the United States. The article on Qom News was later removed. They asked me and I said that I didn't like your country," he told Varzesh3.com. Kazemi's action was met with widespread approval on social media with many praising her courage amid a wave of unrest sparked by the death in September of Mahsa Amini while in custody after being detained by police for allegedly wearing her head scarf improperly. An Iranian academic group says dozens of female students have been forced to participate in "mandatory counseling sessions" for failing to "properly" observe the country's mandatory hijab law. James Malcolm Green of Team USA and David Suynyuchkhanov of Azerbaijan walk after their match at the Freestyle World Cup in 74 kg at Imam . This is an act of terrorism, and the Islamic republics failure to take it seriously for months raises serious questions regarding government complicity with groups that have the organizational capacity to carry out such major attacks, said Hadi Ghaemi in a news release. Residents of Tehran on February 17 reported that a kilogram of boneless mutton was being sold for up to around 5,000,000 rials ($10), an almost 10 percent increase over recent weeks. Jordan Burroughs failure against Ali Savadkoohi was his first defeat against an Iranian wrestler. [1] while regional variations differ from one province to another. A student who fell ill in early February told Shargh that she spent three days in a hospital. It also accused rioters-turned-fans and counter-revolution foreign-sponsored media of harassing the athletes during interviews and at their hotel. The article on Qom News was later deleted from its website. The Poland Openacted as ateam trialfor at97kg and 130kg. 2020-12-02 15:32 Wrestling teams invited to Henri Deglane Grand Prix TEHRAN - Iranian freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling teams have been invited to the 47th edition of the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane. Criticism of Khamenei, who has the last say on almost every decision in the Islamic republic, is considered a red line in Iran, and his critics often land in prison, where political prisoners are routinely held in solitary confinement and subjected to various forms of torture. It is so important for me and on the other hand, my joy of winning the championships was bad because of the earthquakes in our country. Iran has expelled two German diplomats, saying they interfered with the country's internal affairs. They had a difficult national trial at the Poland Opento determinethe spot. Many have faced sentences such as imprisonment and flogging and dozens of students have been expelled from universities or suspended from their studies, as security forces try to stifle widespread dissent. 60kg- Alireza NEJATI He followed up that win with a 9-6 win over Jahongirmirza TUROBOV (UZB) and an 18-6 destruction of Yasin REZAEI (IRI) in the semifinal. The issues were reflected in the crowds who attended the wrestling tournament. The newspaper was accused of spreading rumors and reporting false information. Officials, who have blamed the West for the demonstrations, have vowed to crack down even harder on protesters. The 2015 nuclear deal, which the U.S. withdrew from in 2018, limited Tehrans uranium enrichment to 3.67 percent -- enough to fuel a nuclear power plant. His actions were justified as he had not only lost the gold medal to compatriot Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI) but also the opportunity to represent Iran at the Tokyo Olympics. Authorities said they have not yet been able to determine the cause of the mysterious wave of sickness, despite conducting toxicology tests. In 2015, Iran was awarded the World Cup in Los Angeles after a 5-3 win over U.S. wrestlers. (file photo). Why It Matters: Iran's troubled economy is sinking to new lows amid months-long anti-regime protests, the imposition of new sanctions against Tehran, and the Islamic republic's growing isolation. GOLD - Iakub SHIKHDZHAMALOV (ROU) df. He added that the cancelling of the match would be a blow for the Iranian wrestling team. Iranian wrestlers, despite their status as beloved heroes at home, have also been victims of the Islamic Republic's oppression. The London-based Iran International news outlet reported in December that Iran's Greco-Roman national team wrestler Ali Arsalan defected and will represent Serbia in wrestling. Abdulali Rahimi Mozafari announced the news at a meeting of the Iranian Parliament on February 28, asking the speaker to order an investigation into the matter. Iran's squad was . Despite giving up a late step out, the Georgian hung on to win, 10-7. Medical experts have not found any bacterial or viral infections in blood samples taken from sick students. Tehran has always stressed that it is only interested in peaceful nuclear technology. The crown prince, who has lived in exile since he was 17, is using his tour across Europe to work with the West on issues such as making the Internet more accessible to Iranians, who are constrained by the regime's throttling of cyberspace to keep dissent from spreading, and to proscribe the country's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) military force. That has worsened the economic situation in Iran and plunged more Iranians into poverty. The authorities have met the unrest with a harsh crackdown that rights groups say has killed more than 500 people, including 71 children. Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA - Iran's legendary wrestler of the 50s and 60s, Gholam Reza Takhti passed away on January 7, 1968, but his fans still remember him as a hero who will continue to live in the hearts of his lovers. Earlier this week, top Iranian Sunni cleric Molavi Abdulhamid, who is regarded as a spiritual leader for Irans Sunni Muslim population, said schoolgirls were being poisoned as revenge for the role young women have played in recent protests against the government. The World Championships bronze medalist has wrestled at 86kg once before -- at the 2019 Alexander Medved Ranking Series -- but finished 14th. Russia is no longer the top buyer of natural gas from Turkmenistan, a country that is believed to depend on the fuel for three-quarters of its state revenues. It has chosen to move towards its authoritarian brothers-in-arms, Russia and Iran -- a policy that serves to safeguard its need for isolation, said Bohr. The following is a rundown on the U.S.-Iran individual matches from Team USA: 57 kg: Zane Richards (U.S.) defeated Reza Hossein Momenijoujadeh (Iran) 6-261 kg: Seth Gross (U.S.) defeated Ebrahim Elahichouran (Iran) 10-065 kg: Rahman Mousa Amouzadhalili (Iran) defeated Yianni Diakomihalis (U.S.) 5-470 kg: Alec Pantaleo (U.S.) defeated Amirmohammad Yazdanicherati (Iran) 4-374 kg: Mohmmadsadegh Firouzpourbandpei (Iran) defeated Jason Nolf (U.S.) 2-179 kg: Ali Bakhtiar Savadkouhi (Iran) defeated Jordan Burroughs (U.S.) 6-686 kg: Zahid Valencia (U.S.)defeated Alireza Mohammad Karimimachiani (Iran) 5-392 kg: Nathan Jackson (U.S.)defeated Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei (Iran) 8-497 kg: Kyle Snyder (U.S.)defeated Kamran Ghasempour (Iran) 5-0125 kg: Amirreza Masoumi Valadi (Iran)defeated Hayden Zillmer (U.S.) 6-1, Photo Credits: All pictures courtesy ofTony Rotundo of Wrestlers Are Warriors. Since the government has not been able to solve peoples problems and even come close to [fulfilling] its promises, it had to find a [scapegoat] to vent its anger at, Hammihan said. The two also received 1500 Swiss Francs for winning gold medals as United World Wrestling awards prize money to all the medal winners of the Ranking Series events from this year. Wolfgang Ischinger, the president of the Munich Security Conference Foundation, told Radio Farda that excluding Iranian officials from the event this year was not a "wrong decision." The '19 Asian championdefeated youngster Rahman AMOUZAD KHALILIKhalili in the team trials and wasselected for Olympic Games. The activist HRANA news agency said that, as of January 26, at least 700 university students had been arrested during the recent unrest. Any involvement in the project on Moscows side would depend on the commercial approach, Kabulov said. The Central Bank of Iran on February 21 was given "full authority" to curb the rial's depreciation. U.S. wrestlers were the first American athletes to visit the Islamic Republic after the 1979 revolution, when they competed in the Takhti Cup in Tehran in February 1998. Zamir Kabulov, the Russian envoy to Kabul, said in January that security concerns previously expressed over the project had lost some of their severity -- a likely reference to the Talibans assertion of full territorial control of Afghanistan. After winning against Darkhan YESSENGALI (KAZ) in the first bout, Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN) in the second and Mohamed ABDELHADY (EGY) in the quarterfinal, he set up a semifinal against Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR). The names and positions of diplomats were also not given. At the World Cup itself, the American team fared rather poorly, coming in ninth out of 10 teams. Talks to revive the deal have been frozen for months. He set up a final with Chittum who had defeated AGUDAMU (CHN), Cuneyt BUDAK (TUR) and Ihor NYKYFORUK (UKR) to reach the final. The two wins marked a reversal of sports fortunes. Workers at the Isfahan Steel Company have gone on massive strikes several times in recent months. A Lebanese and Belgian citizen who is considered to be a key financier of the Iranian-backed militant group Hizballah was arrested on February 24 in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, U.S. authorities said. They were '14 world bronze medalistMohammad MOHAMMADIAN,three-time world medalist Alireza KARIMIand '21 Asian champion Ali SHABANI. He then shuffled between 74kg and 79kg, and qualified for the Tokyo Olympics but failed to win a medal. Gazprom did not respond to a request from RFE/RL for comment. We need to prove it to the world with action.". She also said students have been told not to share notes with classmates in an apparent bid to push more pupils to attend school in person. I was in the Gold ticket suite for the Meet and Greet with 'legends of wrestling' plus current teams. That is 48 kilograms more than in the previous quarterly report in November. TEHRAN, Iran (June 17) ---Iran finished the '16 Olympic Games with fivemedals (one gold, one silver and one bronze in freestyle and two bronze in Greco-Roman). Some female students have removed and burned their head scarves. "Todays sanctions list 12 senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) who have participated in gross and systematic human rights violations in Iran, including through the lethal suppression of demonstrations across Kurdish areas of Western Iran," the ministry said in a statement. Related Material: Iran Executes Popular Wrestler. But by accident or intention, this incident underscores the critical need for additional monitoring & transparency," she said on Twitter. Here's what I've been following during the past week and what I'm watching for in the days ahead. The Union Council of Iranian Students said that in a summons sent by Shiraz University to the students, "removing the hijab and not having proper student clothing" was mentioned as violations" and they were asked to contact the university authorities for mandatory consultation. SIDE NOTE: Hosseinkhani holds five Asian medals -- including two gold (2014 & 2016) --and one worldbronze medal (2016). seen as a symbol of Western culture), but he is doing his job well. A journalist in Tehran, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, told RFE/RL that an increasing number of Iranians have been forced to give up on buying basic food items, including fruit, because of rising prices. In the video published on social media on February 17, the woman identified as Zeinab Kazemi was protesting against the nonapproval of her qualifications for the Tehran Engineering Organization due to noncompliance with the hijab law. An Iranian member of parliament has acknowledged reports of several groups of female students falling ill in at least 15 cities, with many being hospitalized in recent months. So, 21- year-old Zare received the Olympic spot and will represent Iran at heavyweight in Tokyo. Don't forget to send me any questions, comments, or tips that you have. GOLD - Suleyman ATLI (TUR) df. Sepehri is one of 14 activists in Iran who have publicly called for Khamenei to step down. Many Iranian women have flouted the rule over the years in protest and pushed the boundaries of what officials say is acceptable clothing. Connor Bradbury, a senior program assistant at the U.S. Institute of Peace, assembled this report. Her death, which officials blamed on a heart attack, touched off a wave of anti-government protests in cities across the country. The Iran team will be led by 2016 Olympic champion and three-time World champion Hassan Yazdani Charati at 86 kg, on a powerful . This is especially the case as the Kremlin looks to forge new gas alliances after Europe made dramatic cuts in its imports of Russian gas amid the fallout of Moscows yearlong invasion of Ukraine. Iranian authorities have blamed the currency's fall on alleged attempts by the country's enemies to destabilize the Islamic republic amid several months of antiestablishment protests sparked by the September death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. 97kg: Mohammad HadiSARAVI Iran has been roiled by unrest -- one of the deepest challenges to the Islamic regime since the revolution in 1979 -- since the September 16 death of the 22-year-old Amini while in police custody for allegedly wearing a hijab, or head scarf, improperly. To read the original story by AFP, click here. Meanwhile, other have speculated that religious extremists, in a bid to create fear and prevent girls from attending school, could be behind the incidents. The newspaper, which has previously been critical of the government, was accused of publishing false content and disturbing public opinion. For the first time in decades, Iran was not represented by its foreign minister at the annual Munich Security Conference. Politics and sports appear to have collided, squandering the chances for a rare opportunity of wrestling diplomacy between Iran and the United States. One Russian Telegram channel cited by RFE/RLs Turkmen Service as being close to the Kremlin said Millers headline message to Turkmenistan was that Russia would block any attempt to build a Trans-Caspian Pipeline (TCP) connecting Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan, a development that would free up Azerbaijani gas for exports to Europe. 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