Thursday , 28 March 2024

Sport

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 to what it called “research in the field of sociology of sports” and “gender studies and political economy in sports”. Alireza Sohrabi, head of the refereeing section of the Soccer Federation, was the one to inform Javaheri about the decision. …

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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 to education, employment and government work are among the most obvious, but in addition to codified legal restrictions, there are a number of unwritten rules which create obstacles for them. This is the story of one of the Mandaeans of …

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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 Prison. According to state-run ISNA who quoted the judiciary’s public relations of Khuzestan Province, a prisoner was executed in Dezful Prison this morning. The Asr Jonoub Telegram channel has identified the executed prisoner as 30-year-old Mehdi Ali Hosseini. Mehdi Ali …

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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 for a murder he allegedly committed five years ago. He was scheduled to be executed on January 10 but was granted a week to seek a pardon from the victim’s family and escape the gallows, his brother Hamzeh Ali-Hosseini told the Iranian Students News …

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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 on September 12, 2020. A few hours after the arrest of father and brother of Navid Afkari by his grave, Elham Afkari, his sister, announced that the tomb of his brother had been destroyed. On Thursday, December 17, the father …

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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 facing competitors from Tehran’s regional foe, Israel, according to a senior member of the game’s global governing body. In a Tuesday interview with VOA Persian from his home in Athens, Greece, Nigel Short, International Chess Federation (FIDE) vice president and …

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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 the harassment, jailing, torture and harsh punishment, including death sentences, for athletes. IranWire has been in contact with a source who said that authorities had pressured the families of athletes, coaches and referees who expressed support for the campaign, which was set …

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“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 to compete with Israelis. Nigel Short, vice president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the most accomplished British chess player of the twentieth century, has said that following the non-compliance of the Iranian Chess Federation with the commitments and statutes …

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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 can accomplish. Farmani joined the Belgian top-flight football club from Iran’s Malavan in August. She is the wife of Iran international Ali Gholizadeh. They are the first Iranian couple to play at a European based football team. Yasaman Farmani and …

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