The '19 Asian championdefeated youngster Rahman AMOUZAD KHALILIKhalili in the team trials and wasselected for Olympic Games. GOLD - Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (KGZ) df. Earlier, Mojtaba Zolnour, a lawmaker from Qom, said the illnesses were abnormal and security officials were investigating. 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. Sardar Pashaei, the Iranian-American ex-head coach of Iran's national Greco-Roman wrestling team, said it was a "friendship match.". Baneira was released a day earlier and was on her way back to Spain, he said. The IAEA report follows comments by CIA chief William Burns, who said over the weekend that Iran's nuclear program had "advanced very far, to the point where it would only be a matter of weeks before they can enrich to 90 percent, if they chose to cross that line." I was in the Gold ticket suite for the Meet and Greet with 'legends of wrestling' plus current teams. Mona was forced to marry her cousin Sajjad when she was 12, according to the Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. Zare, a U23 world champion, had a brilliant performance andcaptured gold whileTaheri was eliminated after falling totheEgyptian wrestler. A common factor in each matchup has been mutual respect for great wrestling, despite the teams being fierce rivals, he added. 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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. The United States did not offer an official explanation, but Dabir blasted the United States. He died an hour later. Suleyman ATLI (TUR) raises Andrii YATSENKO's (UKR) hand after winning the 57kg final. In a video published on February 22, Kazemi expressed her "regret" for her actions onstage and said that it happened "as a result of psychological pressure caused by improper dealings with engineers." 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." He had lost to the Armenian in the final of the U23 Worlds in Pontevedra, Spain last year. USA Wrestling sponsored the first American sports team to compete in Iran after an absence of nearly 20 years, when a U.S. freestyle wrestling team competed in the 1998 Takhti Cup in Tehran. Officials, who have blamed the West for the demonstrations, have vowed to crack down even harder on protesters. The activist HRANA news agency said that more than 500 people have been killed during the unrest, including 70 minors, as security forces try to stifle widespread dissent. The meets will take place simultaneously, alternating . [emailprotected] Of the 250 students in our school, only 50 attended classes, a teacher in Qom, who did not want to be named for fear of retribution, told RFE/RLs Radio Farda last week. The statement said Canada will continue to coordinate with its international partners to respond to the Iranian regimes "egregious" treatment of its people, its "deployment of propaganda" and its actions that "continue to threaten international peace and stability.". In their attempts to bring the perpetrators to account, the family has endured constant threats from the authorities, informed sources told Radio Farda. A currency dealer poses for a photo with a U.S dollar bill and the amount being given when converting it into Iranian rials in an exchange shop in Tehran in December 2022. But fundamental problems with the project, including transiting Afghanistan and reservations about the technical capacities of Turkmenistans state gas company Turkmengaz, have not changed, Ruseckas said. Iran has been roiled by unrest since the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody for allegedly wearing a hijab, or head scarf, improperly. In response, the authorities have launched a brutal crackdown on dissent, detaining thousands and handing down stiff sentences, including the death penalty, to protesters. The executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on February 28 accused the government of "an act of terrorism" through its failure to take the wave of illnesses seriously for months, raising "serious questions regarding government complicity with groups that have the organizational capacity to carry out such major attacks.". 97kg- Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian Afkari was charged with insulting the Supreme Leader, murdering a security officer and moharabeh, or enmity against God, a vague charge often levied against protesters and activists. And then there is the question of who is going to want to build and pay for pipelines to serve a market that will be net zero by 2050, he added. 19 Asian championdefeated youngster Rahman AMOUZAD KHALILIKhalili in the team trials and wasselected for Olympic Games. Vasil MYKHAILOV (UKR), a veteran at 79kg, made the move up to 86kg and tasted success in his first tournament with a gold over a strong field in Alexandria. Sardar Pashaei, the Iranian-American ex-head coach of Iran's national Greco-Roman wrestling team, said it was a "friendship match." Boris MAKOEV (SVK), 13-2. 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. Lucas CHITTUM (USA), 10-0, BRONZE - Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO) df. Related Material: Iran Executes Popular Wrestler. But Ashgabat is clearly coming down on the side of Russia and spurning opportunities to move its gas in a Western direction. In Iran, the games play a very important role in building national p. McKenna, trying to find an opening to cut the lead, shot a swing single with his elbows wide, when Tevanyan used an underhook throw-by for a third takedown which was enough to win 8-2. This is something that is not going to happen, she said, noting that Ankara is growing weary of Ashgabats position on the topic. Back on February 3, Iran denied travel visas for the US team for the Feb. 16-17 tournament, hosted in the Iranian city of Kermanshah. No deaths have been reported. People in Sistan-Baluchistan Province have been holding protest rallies every Friday since September 30, when a demonstration turned deadly as security forces of the Islamic republic launched a brutal crackdown on demonstrators. After the tournament, Iranian state media Press TV charged that anti-Iranian mercenaries had tried to take the wind out of [the teams] sails by casting slurs and hurling insults at the Iranian team. Canada's Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement on February 27 that the officials slapped with the sanctions include Kurdistan Province Governor Esmaeil Zarei Kousha; Seyeh Sadegh Hosseini, an IRGC general and commander of the IRGC's Beit al-Moqqadas Corps in Kurdistan Province; and Morteza Mir Aghaei, commander of the Basij paramilitary forces in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. 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Last week, angry parents protested outside the governors office and called for a transparent investigation. 61kg We have worked for more than three decades to build this relationship above politics. He said that the U.S. team had been treated well when they competed in Iran. It will be sent to your inbox every Wednesday. Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari has been executed in Iran on Saturday, according to Iran's state-run news agency IRNA, despite a high-profile international campaign calling for the sentence . The presence of Pahlavi, Alinejad, and Boniadi has given legitimacy to Iran's exiled opposition. Iran finished higher than the United States in the 2019 freestyle wrestling tournament, when the Iranians finished second and the Americans finished third. Mykhailov took the early 4-0 lead with a chest wrap off of Valencias double leg but Valencia bounced back and picked up two for the exposure after his misfortunes on the double, then tacked on two step-outs, tying the match 4-4 but Mykhailov holding criteria. The incidents have prompted public anger, with some Iranians accusing the government of negligence. Iranian protesters have staged fresh anti-government demonstrations and called for regime change at the graves of protesters killed by security forces in the ongoing nationwide unrest that has rocked the country since the death of Mahsa Amini. 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. But they did not have any meetings with high-ranking foreign officials. The Poland Openacted as ateam trialfor at97kg and 130kg. He complained about what he described as the "disrespectful and impolite" behavior of some staff members at the U.S. Consulate in Dubai, where he said his team members waited five hours to be "interrogated.". Pahlavi told Radio Farda that the "duty and mission" of the trio in Munich was to "deliver the message of the Iranian people to the world." The two wins marked a reversal of sports fortunes. E.U. 57kg What's Next: It is unclear how much support Iran exiled opposition will attract inside and outside Iran. On February 10, a group of exiled Iranian opposition figures pleaded for unity and an end to infighting to help recent nationwide protests in Iran against the country's Islamic theocracy. "I went out with a black tracksuit on purpose because our sadness has not passed and our hearts are still with them [earthquake victims]. Signatories to the letter, published on February 22, noted "such sentences have no result other than depriving Iranian society of committed thinkers who strive for freedom and justice, and only blocks the nonviolent development of the country." She then threw her headscarf on the stage and left. A teacher from Qom - which is about 135 kilometers south of the capital Tehran -- told RFE/RL's Radio Farda that out of 250 students, only 50 attended classes. While he did not wrestle in the final, Shikhdzhamalov displayed his skills on the mat which stunned everyone. A local police official described Rigi's death as the result of an "arbitrary act" in which the police had no role. Iranian activist Fatemeh Sepehri, an outspoken critic of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison after calling on him to resign. A spokesman for Iran's civilian nuclear program, Behrouz Kamalvandi, sought last week to portray any detection of uranium particles enriched to the level of 84 percent as a momentary side effect of trying to reach a finished product of 60 percent purity. Anger over Amini's death on September 16 has prompted thousands of Iranians to take to the streets nationwide to demand more freedoms and women's rights. It was Emami who earned the Olympic spot for Iran at the Asian Qualifier, but he fell toKhadzhimurad GADZHIYEV (AZE) whileHosseinkhani succeeded to beat the Azeri,3-0, in their semifinal mee. Hundreds of Iranian political and civil activists have published a letter condemning the nine-year prison sentence handed to sociologist Saeed Madani for his writings on various aspects of society, saying it highlighted the lack of independence in Iran's judicial system. However, experts say such variance in the purity would appear suspicious to inspectors. 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. But by accident or intention, this incident underscores the critical need for additional monitoring & transparency," she said on Twitter. Security forces across the country have been trying to suppress months of anti-government protests triggered by the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody for allegedly wearing a head scarf improperly. 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. I hope I made you happy and smile. U.S. wrestlers have praised the warm welcome they have received in Iran, which has a passionate wrestling fan base. Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Weightlifting: 1: 1: 2 Wrestling: 1: 2: 3 Total 2 1 2 5 Medalists. By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling | Jan. 31, 2022, 1:19 p.m. (ET) . 8:15 2022/11/19 Third place team of Iran FS league determined/ Ghasempour,Valiev and Jamalov won the bout The team Anboohsazan Hootan defeated Setaregan Sari, 7-3 toplace third in 2022 Iran Freestyle league. U.S. wrestlers have praised the warm welcome they have received in Iran,. Absent an outlet to ramp up exports to the West and looking to balance its sales north to Russia and east to China, Turkmenistan is heading a consortium for a pipeline that would send gas to India via Pakistan and Afghanistan called TAPI, a multibillion-dollar blueprint that has no known investor. Currency Tumbles To A New Low The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran in December found the prominent Iranian sociologist and journalist guilty of "forming and managing antiestablishment groups" and of "propaganda against the Islamic republic of Iran." Zhumashbek Uulu had made the day significant for himself well before the final as he defeated U23 world champion Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM) 10-0 in the bout. Rahman Amouzad Khalili said that the wrestlers were here to be the best. He added, We are all soldiers of our country and sacrifice our lives.. The protests over Amini's death came after a summer of unrest across Iran over poor living conditions, water shortages, and economic difficulties resulting from crippling sanctions that the United States has imposed on Iran over its nuclear program. We came here to represent the people of Iran. Her death, which officials blamed on a heart attack, touched off a wave of anti-government protests in cities across the country. After being down 1-0 in the opening period, Atli led 10-3 one minute into the second. Nicholas SURIANO (USA), 2-1 My only wish is that we will get over this disaster together as soon as possible.". Both countries are wrestling powerhouses. She then threw her headscarf on the stage and left. Thousands more have been arrested, and the country's judiciary, spurred by demands from lawmakers for the harsh treatment of protesters, has meted out heavy punishments -- including the death sentence. Universities and students have long been at the forefront of the struggle for greater social and political freedoms in Iran. He also scored a point via stepout. The team Anboohsazan Hootan defeated Setaregan Sari, 7-3 toplace third in 2022 Iran Freestyle league. Pedram Azarnush was taking part in an anti-regime protest in southwestern Iran in September when he was shot dead. But,like last year, Yazdani downed Ghasempour,5-3,and will represent Iranat 86kg. 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