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. Atri earned the Olympic spot for Iran after he placed fifth at '19 World Championships in Nur-sultan. 97kg- Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian It is also unclear if the opposition can bridge its longstanding differences. Lucas CHITTUM (USA), 10-0, BRONZE - Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO) df. What was published about [the price] of red meat is the result of [efforts to create a negative atmosphere] on cyberspace, Masud Amrollahi, an official at the Ministry of Agriculture, said on February 21. "After the enemy failed in its plans in the streetsit naturally heightened its pressure on the economy," government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi told journalists on February 28, adding that some people allegedly behind the fall of the national currency inside the country had been arrested. The Ukrainian head-pinched Valencia for two, regaining the outright 6-4 lead but Valencia once again came back to make it 6-6. RFE/RL's Radio Farda reported that at least 26 schools were affected by the crisis on March 1. Tags Iran . Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old champion wrestler, was tortured and hanged in 2020 for participating in the 2017-2018 protests triggered by the price of eggs and poultry. Tel. He has been imprisoned several times before for membership in the banned Nationalist-Religious Alliance political opposition group and for "propaganda against the state." The union said workers had no information about the status of their arrested colleagues and due to the fact that the arrested workers were scattered across different departments, their exact numbers and names are not known. Andrii YATSENKO (UKR), 12-11, BRONZE - Bekzat ALMAZ UULU (KGZ) df. Chanting "Death To America" and burning U.S. flags have been a common feature of state-sponsored events in Iran for the past 40 years. I was in the Gold ticket suite for the Meet and Greet with 'legends of wrestling' plus current teams. The article on Qom News was later removed. (file photo), The U.S. dollar has reportedly been fetching up to 601,500 rials on Iran's unofficial currency-exchange market. Atri earned the Olympic spot for Iran after he placed fifth at '19 World Championships in Nur-sultan. The national wrestling team of the Islamic Republic of Iran is coming to the United States to play our team in Arlington, Texas on February 12. Tehran has also become increasingly isolated economically and politically over its deadly crackdown on monthslong anti-regime protests at home and its alleged supply of combat drones to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine. He said the sentence includes a 10-year sentence for propaganda activities against the Islamic republic, five years for cooperation with hostile governments, two years for insulting the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Ali Khamenei, and one year for gathering and conspiring against national security. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Golnaz Esfandiari. 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. 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.". The focus will now shift to the continental championships with the first being the U23 European Championships beginning March 13. They were '14 world bronze medalistMohammad MOHAMMADIAN,three-time world medalist Alireza KARIMIand '21 Asian champion Ali SHABANI. In response, the authorities have launched a brutal crackdown on dissent, detaining thousands and handing down stiff sentences, including the death penalty, to protesters. A Spanish woman imprisoned in Iran since November on espionage charges after she was arrested during anti-government protests in November has been released, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on February 26. Suleyman ATLI (TUR) raises Andrii YATSENKO's (UKR) hand after winning the 57kg final. I am doing my best to make 2023 my year. He defeated Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) 8-2. Some yelled Not our flag when the Iranian flag was brought into the stadium. Iran line-up for Tokyo Olympic Games: Men's Freestyle: 57kg - Reza ATRI After the retirement of Hassan RAHIMI, Reza Atri became the number one wrestler in Iran at 57kg. Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM) scores using a gut wrench against Joseph MCKENNA (USA) in the 65kg final. For months, antiestablishment protesters have called for the overthrow of Iran's clerical regime and demanded greater social and political freedoms. The foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, Syria, and Iran are arranging a meeting, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said, according to state media on February 26. But Alireza Dabir, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran . BRONZE - Rakhat KALZHAN (KAZ) df. Pahlavi is scheduled to speak at the European Parliament on March 10 at the invitation of Charlie Weimers, a representative of Sweden in the European Parliament. Canada will not stop advocating for Iranians and their human rights, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly added in the statement. Even though this student had no prior illness, the authorities are trying to write a false medical report saying she had a long history of illness, Kimiaee was quoted as saying in the news release. Similar videos published from other cities also appeared on social media, showing groups holding vigils and commemorations. Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling champion Mohammad Ali Geraei has praised Adolf Hitler as an inspirational leader. Talks to revive the deal have been frozen for months. What's Next: It is unclear how much support Iran exiled opposition will attract inside and outside Iran. 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. Many Iranians have accused the authorities of not doing enough to find the cause of the outbreak of illness and prevent new cases. The information about the discovery of the particles is contained in a confidential quarterly report by the IAEA that leaked out earlier on February 28. Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhammedov (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 15. In return, [Turkmenistan] was offered participation in gas supplies directly to Turkey through Iran, the channel, whose name translates as A Look At The East, said. At 74kg, Vincenzo JOSEPH (USA) forfeited his final bout to give the gold medal to Shikhdzhamalov who now has won two Ranking Series medals. Ghiasi, a '21 Asian bronze medalist,beat Yazdani by fall in the team trials and earned the right torepresent Iran at 65kg. In his first bout, he defeated world medalist Boris MAKOEV (SVK) and with wins over Islyambek ILYASSOV (KAZ) in the quarterfinal and Tariel GAPHRINDASHVILI (GEO) in the semifinals, Mykhailov showed that he can handle tough bouts. The 22-year-old died while in custody after being arrested by the notorious morality police for improperly wearing a mandatory Islamic head scarf, or hijab. A day later, on February 18, a media outlet close to the IRGC announced a legal case had been filed against Kazemi, accusing her of "insulting the hijab." E.U. ", Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who is visiting Berlin, said there were two options to deal with Iran: reimposing UN sanctions using the so-called snapback mechanism in the Security Council resolution that enshrined the 2015 nuclear deal or having a "credible military option on the table. 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. I am happy to be the first Iranian to beat Burroughs and more importantly to win in his home country., Despite the momentum shift, the United States won the six individual matches required to secure the title. Shota PHARTENADZE (GEO), via fall, 65kg Nonproliferation experts have said Tehran has no civilian use for uranium purified to the level of 60 percent. Mohammadian grabbed the Tokyo ticket by defeating both of them and by winning gold in Poland. Sepehri is one of 14 activists in Iran who have publicly called for Khamenei to step down. Kollin MOORE (USA) won the 92kg gold, second Ranking Series title in three weeks. Bender said that wrestling transcended politics. The Statistical Center of Iran announced on February 22 that the one-year spot inflation rate for food and beverages was around 70 percent for the Persian month of Bahman that ended on February 19. 57kg - Reza ATRI They commemorated Takhti's 53rd demise anniversary today. The prices had increased from the last time I went shopping and I couldnt afford everything I needed. 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." 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. It is unclear what may be causing the illnesses, though some of those affected have said they smelled chlorine or cleaning agents, while others said they thought they smelled tangerines in the air. Iran's Foreign Ministry denounced the decision, with spokesman Nasser Kanani on February 20 saying the organizers had made a "huge mistake" for "giving the stage to notorious people.". The '19 Asian championdefeated youngster Rahman AMOUZAD KHALILIKhalili in the team trials and wasselected for Olympic Games. Iran has come under mounting global pressure for its deadly crackdown on monthslong anti-regime protests at home and its alleged supply of combat drones to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine. In 1998 the U.S. freestyle-wrestling team traveled to Iran to participate in the Takhti Cup in the Iranian capital, marking the first time the U.S. side had competed in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the taking of U.S. diplomats in Tehran as hostages. GOLD - Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM) df. Protesting students have chanted "Woman, life, freedom" and "Death to the dictator" at the rallies. In the final, Kentchadze used a Greco-esk high-dive double-leg to put Kavousi on his back, nearly picking up the fall. Some angry parents have refused to send their children to school. Then the school gave students face masks and told them to leave the classroom.. "Unlikely but not impossible that the 84 percent enriched particles were an accident. The Poland Openacted as ateam trialfor at97kg and 130kg. Why It Matters: The fall of the national currency, which has lost about 50 percent of its value since the beginning of the nationwide antiestablishment protests, comes amid Iran's international isolation over its brutal crackdown against demonstrators, controversial nuclear activities, and Tehran's deepening military ties with Russia, including the transfer of combat and suicide drones to boost Moscow's unprovoked war against Ukraine. cadet National Championship, Bandar Abbas,Hormozgan, Alireza Dabir: We have plan for success in Paris Olympic Games, Iran FS Wrestling Team Wins Asian Title with 6 Gold Medals, Hamid Soryan: I hope to Win at least 2 gold in 2024 Olympics, Saravi Dominates #WrestleWarsaw to Claim Spot on Iran Olympic Team, Pejman Dorostkar, New Head Coach of Iran Freestyle team, Mohammad BANA was Named Iran GR Head Coach until 2022 Asian Games, The First Webinar for Iranian Wrestling Referees, Iran U-17 GR Wrestling Team Captures 7 Medals in Turkish Victory Cup, Results of U-17 FS Wrestling Tournament "Abdullah Movahed"Cup. 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). Some rights activists have accused Iranian authorities of trying to suppress information about the death of the girl, while others have accused the authorities of not doing enough to find the cause of the outbreak of illness and prevent new cases. The World Championships bronze medalist has wrestled at 86kg once before -- at the 2019 Alexander Medved Ranking Series -- but finished 14th. (Photo: UWW / Kadir Caliskan). Earning the Olympic quotewas only the start for Iran's97kg wrestlers. The executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said on February 28 that the girls were deliberately poisoned. In December, Serdar Berdymukhammedov met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the western Turkmen city of Awaza, with Erdogan offering Ankaras backing for a pipeline connecting the two countries. U.S. wrestlers have praised the warm welcome they have received in Iran,. 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. Iran was overpowered by the US 6-4 and ranked second. Sanctions Iran for Providing Drones to Russia, Irans Deepening Strategic Alliance with Russia, E.U. Several of them were transferred to medical centers. 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. 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 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 . On February 28, the rial stood at 569,000 against the U.S. dollar, according to the foreign-exchange site Bonbast.com. 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. 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. The Canadian government has imposed sanctions on 12 senior officials from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) for "gross violations of human rights" in a deadly crackdown on protesters angered by the death of a young woman while in police custody for allegedly wearing a head scarf improperly. Workers at the Isfahan Steel Company have gone on massive strikes several times in recent months. After the final, Atli posted an emotional message to lift the spirits of his countrymen in these testing times. Individuals listed in response to gross and systematic violations of human rights are also inadmissible to Canada under the country's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Later, an Iranian wrestling official confided to her that he was pushing for the creation of the country's first women's wrestling team. Pejman Dorostkar was appointed as new head coach of Iran senior freestyle team. 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. Speaking at a cabinet meeting on March 1, Raisi assigned Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli to head the probe after hundreds of girls have reported falling ill at school since November. The eight figures, including Pahlavi, said they were working on a charter for a transition to a new pluralistic system that would be followed by free elections. Training for the Olympics during the pandemic has put athletes under even more pressure. My son was among them, the woman said, adding that her son had suffered from stomach pain. In typical Tevanyan style, he kept Mckenna at bay in the first period as both wrestlers began on a slow note. Iran's Mohammadreza Abdolhamid Geraei (R) fights against Russia's Nazir Rachidovitch Abdullaev in the 67 kg class final match of the Greco-Roman competition during the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway, on Oct. 10, 2021. Iran's national currency, the rial, plummeted to a new record low of 501,300 against the U.S. dollar on February 20, according to Bonbast.com which gathers live data from Iranian exchanges. 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. (file photo), Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' aerospace force (file photo). (Photo: UWW / Kadir Caliskan). 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." Russia is attempting a major reconfiguration of the gas market, and its isolation from the West has made it more dependent on Iran -- and this has repercussions for Turkmenistan, she said. Sunni Muslims make up the majority of the population in Sistan-Baluchistan but only account for about 10 percent of the population in Shi'a-dominated Iran overall. The publication of some of Madani's books has been banned in Iran. Iranian authorities have blamed the currency's fall on "the enemies' plot" to destabilize the country after months of unrest sparked by the death in custody of a young woman on September 16. But Turkmenistan has told Western diplomats that it is not interested in downsized alternatives to the pipeline that would carry considerably less gas but might be less costly and quicker to build, said Bohr. Many Iranians have accused politicians promoting anti-American positions of hypocrisy, particularly those seen as having ties to the United States. Prior to his speech at the Oxford Union, Pahlavi met with British lawmakers along with Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He did not elaborate. 61kg Meanwhile, other have speculated that religious extremists, in a bid to create fear and prevent girls from attending school, could be behind the incidents. At the Olympic Games after the 1979 revolution, U.S. teams have won far more medalsgold, silver and bronzethan Iranian wrestlers. "In these days when we were in mourning and low morale as a country, I was fortunate to win a gold medal in an important tournament in Alexandria, Egypt," Akgul wrote. 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.". Athletes from the two countries, which haven't had diplomatic relations for more than four decades, were supposed to square off in a wrestling match in Arlington, Texas, on February 12. Another American finished with a silver medal as Zahid VALENCIA (USA) fell in the 86kg final after some solid wins in the morning session. The letter, signed by Hashem Aghajari, Abolfazl Ghadyani, Ali Afshari, and more than 600 other activists, says the accusations against Madani are baseless and were fabricated by the Islamic Republic's security institutions. BRONZE - Austin DESANTO (USA) df. 130kg- Amin MIRZAZADEH Kamran GHASEMPOUR, the two-time Asian champion and two-time U23 world champion,competed against Yazdani in theteam trials. Iran has developed a cruise missile with a range of 1,650 kilometers a top Revolutionary Guards commander said on February 24, in a move likely to raise Western concerns after Russia's use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war. 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. "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. 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. Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog found uranium particles enriched up to nearly 84 percent in Iran's underground Fordow uranium enrichment site, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi confirmed on February 28. It will be sent to your inbox every Wednesday. Demitras had it all figured out and did not let Shikhdzhamalov get near him for four minutes and 30 seconds, leading 3-0. Sending 4 wrestlers to UWW ranking series tournament, Iranian wrestlers captured 3 gold medals and 1 silver. Atheavyweight, Amir GHASEMI placed fifth in Nur-Sultan to earn Olympic spot, whileAli Akbari YOUSEFI succeed to win gold at the '21 Asian championships but none of them represent Iran in Olympic Games. Like 74kgand 97kg, the same selection process was followed in Polandat125kg betweenAmir ZARE andAmin TAHERI. In 2022, the U.S. team had little trouble in individual matches with wrestlers from Mongolia and Georgia in the first two rounds. The authorities have met the unrest with a harsh crackdown that rights groups say has killed more than 500 people, including 71 children. The prices of other food staples, including bread, dairy products, and cooking oil, have also increased in recent weeks as the value of the rial, the national currency, has plunged. 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." A local police official described Rigi's death as the result of an "arbitrary act" in which the police had no role. The CHRI did not present any evidence to back up its claim that students had been poisoned, and it is unclear what is at the root of the crisis. Meanwhile, the trial for Iran 77kg Olympic spot was at theUkrainian Tournament, where Geraei defeated Amin KAVIANINEJAD,4-2,in the final match to receive a ticket toTokyo. In the northern Iranian city of Chalus, several people and supporters of Amir Hossein Shams Nateri -- who was killed by security forces -- gathered at his family home and celebrated what would have been his birthday. 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. and Britain Sanction Iran for Rights Abuses, Explainer: Irans Drone Exports Worldwide, Explainer: How Iran's Intelligence Agencies Work, CENTCOM's Maj. Gen. 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