Top Female Referee Banned for Scholarly Research
Iranwire - ISNA news agency reports that Aso Javaheri, an international Iranian women's football referee, has been banned from the sport due…
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A Mandaean Martial Arts Master’s Story of Discrimination
Iranwire - Religious minorities in Iran have been deprived of many of their citizenship rights for many years. The rights…
Iranian Wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini Executed in Dezful
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Mehdi Ali Hosseini, a wrestler sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for “pre-meditated murder,” has been executed in Dezful…
Athletes Appeal to Save Life of Wrestler on Death Row
CHRI - On January 9, 2021, a press report was published in Iran about the imminent execution of 29-year-old wrestler Mehdi Ali-Hosseini…
Alleged Mastermind Of Attack On Saudi Embassy Appointed To Iran’s Judo Federation
RFL/RE - An Iranian cleric who was allegedly behind the 2016 attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran has been…
State agents destroy tomb of Navid Afkari in Sangsar, Shiraz
Iran-HRM- Agents of the clerical regime’s Intelligence Ministry destroyed the tomb of Navid Afkari, the wrestling champion who was hastily executed…
Iran Risks World Chess Ban Unless It Backs Competing With Israelis
VOA - Iran risks being suspended from international chess tournaments beginning next month unless it publicly approves of Iranian players…
The Unity for Navid Campaign and Iran’s Long Record of Silencing its Athletes
iranwire.com -Security forces have cracked down on supporters of the Unity for Navid campaign, which calls for an end to…
“Iran is in Severe Danger of Being Kicked Out”
iranwire.com- The International Chess Federation has threatened Iran with suspension because of its continuing refusal to allow Iranian chess players…
There’s no limit to what Iranian women can do: Football Player Yasaman Farmani
PayvandNews - RCSC Charleroi player Yasaman Farmani says that there is no limit to what the Iranian women football players…