Saturday , 9 November 2024

Sport

Exiled Iranian Football Star Faces Renewed Threats

Iranwire – In the past two weeks, two senior Iranian government officials have issued explicit death and kidnapping threats against the exiled football legend Ali Karimi. Karimi left Iran in the fall of 2022 after receiving multiple threats from the authorities. During the 2022 uprising, the retired football player used his notoriety to defend the protesters who faced a bloody crackdown by security forces. And …

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IranWire Exclusive: Hundreds of Basij to Cheer Iranian Football Team in Qatar

Iranwire – The paramilitary Basij force, in collaboration with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian football federation, plans to send over 300 of its members to Qatar during the upcoming Asian Cup football tournament, IranWire reveals. The competition will be held in Doha from January 12. Iran’s national team has been placed in Group C alongside Palestine, …

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Death Sentence Confirmed For Two Iranian Protesters

iranintl – Reza Rasaei and Mojahed Kourkour, protesters sentenced to death, have been dispatched for execution. Azardokht Haqjouyan, Reza Rasaei’s mother, asserted her son’s innocence and pleaded for assistance to prevent the execution of his death sentence. She revealed that her son’s extensive 1,500-page case file had been reviewed within a week. Rasaei faces accusations of “murder” in connection with …

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Iranian-American Female Soccer Player Honored After Tragic Death

iranintl – Iranian women’s national soccer team player, and Emory University team member Melika Mohammadi, tragically died in a car accident last week, while visiting Iran. On Sunday, she was commemorated at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium before her repatriation to the United States for burial. Born in the southern Iranians city of Shiraz in 2000, Mohammadi died on December 24 at …

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Iranian Judge At Wushu Championships Takes Stand By Shunning Head Scarf

RFL/RE – In a bold act of defiance, an Iranian judge at the 2023 World Wushu Championships in the United States appeared without the mandatory hijab, igniting a controversy back home where the head scarf has become a flashpoint in a battle for women’s rights. In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Farda, Arghavan Jalali Farahani explained that her decision was “a …

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Iranian Sports Official Sacked After Women Competed Without Hijab

Iranwire – The head of Iran’s deaf sports federation was dismissed from his post this week after images emerged of a foreign woman athlete without a compulsory headscarf at a tournament in Tehran. Mehran Tishehgaran was removed from his position “due to events that happened in the Asian Deaf Athletics Championships,” the semi-official ISNA news agency said late on November …

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Khamenei Lectures Athletes on Iranian values

Iranwire — Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei discussed the importance of sports in promoting Iranian values and culture, as he met with medalists of the Asian and Asian Para Games. During the meeting on November 22, Khamenei reiterated his call on Iranian athletes to refuse to compete against Israelis, calling them “representatives of a criminal and terrorist regime.” He commended the …

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Iranian Athlete Who Backed Protests Faces Travel Ban, Asset Freeze

Iranwire – A former member of Iran’s Wushu national team says he has been banned from leaving the country as part of the punishments imposed by the authorities over his support of nationwide protests. In a video posted on Instagram on November 9, martial art athlete Farshid Asadian says he is grappling with severe livelihood challenges after his assets were …

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Iranian Football Club Penalized over Canceled Match against Saudi Team

Iranwire – Iranian football team Sepahan was penalized with a 3-0 loss and a fine over a canceled Asian Champions League match against Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad, according to Iranian media. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has not issued a public statement about the reported decision. Al Ittihad was set to play Sepahan in Isfahan on October 2 but walked …

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