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Rasoul Khadem, head of Iran's wrestling federation who resigned from his post on February 28, 2018, is seen during the 2016 Summer Olympics. (CC-BY-4.0 Tasnim News Agency/Wikipedia)
March 3, 2018, 5:19 pm
Iran’s resigned wrestling chief criticizes government
Rasoul Khadem says regime should be more supportive of athletes who refuse to compete against Israelis
By AP
Rasoul Khadem, head of Iran's wrestling federation who resigned from his post on February 28, 2018, is seen during the 2016 Summer Olympics. (CC-BY-4.0 Tasnim News Agency/Wikipedia)
February 28, 2018, 7:53 pm
Iran wrestling head ousted after panning policy of lying to avoid Israelis
Instead of losing bouts on purpose, feigning illness or deliberately gaining weight, Rasoul Khadem urges Tehran to openly boycott Israel or drop charade
By Eric RANDOLPH
This file photo taken on August 20, 2016 shows USA's J'den Michael Tbory Cox (red) wrestling with Iran's Ali Reza Karimi during a match at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
February 17, 2018, 3:27 pm
Iran protests ban on wrestler who threw bout to avoid Israeli
Wrestling federation suggests Jewish state influenced decision to penalize Alireza Karimi for ‘directly’ violating’ rules
By Eric RANDOLPH
Iranian wrestler Alireza Karimi leading his match against Russia’s Alikhan Zhabrailov 3-2, when his coach can be heard from the sidelines instructing him to lose, at the World Championships in Poland, November 25, 2017. (screen capture: YouTube)
February 17, 2018, 1:03 pm
Iranian wrestler who threw match to avoid Israeli banned for 6 months
United World Wrestling find Alireza Karimi and his coach in ‘direct violation’ of regulations for intentionally losing November bout
By ToI Staff
Iranian wrestler Alireza Karimi leading his match against Russia’s Alikhan Zhabrailov 3-2, when his coach can be heard from the sidelines instructing him to lose, at the World Championships in Poland, November 25, 2017. (screen capture: YouTube)
December 1, 2017, 10:30 pm
Wrestling body investigating if Iranian threw match to avoid Israeli
Ali Reza Karimi won widespread praise in Iran for his ‘sacrifice’ in losing, rather than face Israel’s Uri Kalashnikov
By Agencies
In this Aug. 19, 2016 file photo, United States' Jordan Ernest Burroughs, left, competes against Uzbekistan's Bekzod Abdurakhmonov during the men's 74-kg freestyle wrestling competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Iran on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, banned U.S. wrestlers from this month’s Freestyle World Cup in response to President Donald Trump's executive order forbidding visas for Iranians, the official IRNA news agency reported. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
February 3, 2017, 10:13 pm
Iran bans travel of US wrestlers in response to Trump order
Senior cleric vows Iran will continue its missile program despite threats from the Trump administration
By Nasser Karimi
US freestyle wrestler Obe Blanc, top, and Iran’s Hassan Rahimi kick off an international wrestling exhibition at Grand Central Terminal in New York, Wednesday (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
May 16, 2013, 8:36 am
Iran pins US in Grand Central wrestling exhibition
Russia joins rival nations in effort to keep wrestling as an Olympic sport
US freestyle wrestling team members arrive at the Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran, Iran, on February 19, 2013, to attend the World Cup tournament. (photo credit: Vahid Salemi/AP)
February 19, 2013, 7:02 pm
US and Iran find common ground
Both nations agree: Olympic Committee was wrong to drop wrestling from the 2020 games
By Nasser Karimi
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