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December 30, 2020

The Olympics Should Ban Iran for Its Execution of a Dissident Wrestler

So far, international athletic organizations have shown only spinelessness.

In September, the Islamic Republic put to death the champion wrestler Navid Afkari on blatantly false charges; his real crime was criticism of the country’s tyrannical rulers. Wrestling is a major sport in Iran, especially popular among the lower classes. With the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to begin in the summer of 2021, Hossein Khosrov Ali Vaziri (the wrestler known as the “Iron Sheikh”), Benjamin Weinthal, and Alireza Nader urge the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to take action:

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