{"id":1186357,"date":"2022-01-04T08:35:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186357"},"modified":"2022-01-04T08:35:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:35:43","slug":"iran-powerlifter-flees-for-his-life-after-regime-demands-he-wears-t-shirt-of-terrorist-soleimani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-powerlifter-flees-for-his-life-after-regime-demands-he-wears-t-shirt-of-terrorist-soleimani\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Powerlifter Flees For His Life After Regime Demands He Wears T-Shirt of Terrorist Soleimani"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-powerlifter-flees-for-his-life-after-regime-demands-he-wears-t-shirt-of-terrorist-soleimani%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186357&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A well-known Iranian powerlifter is seeking asylum in Norway after fearing for his life for refusing to wear a t-shirt featuring assassinated&nbsp;Iranian Revolutionary Guards\u2019 Quds Force commander Qasem&nbsp;Soleimani.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/20\/sport\/amir-assadollahzadeh-powerlifter-iran-cmd-spt-intl\/index.html\">interview<\/a> with CNN, Amir Assadollahzadeh came under fire for failing to dedicate a medal won in a&nbsp;World Club League Championship to the late commander, and instead choosing to dedicate it to Iran\u2019s healthcare workers fighting the pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBoth Soleimani and Assadolazadeh hail from the same province in Iran, and his dedication to the healthcare workers was regarded as a snub of Soleimani\u2019s memory,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Senior sports officials then insisted he redeem himself by wearing a T-Shirt emblazoned with the arch-terrorist\u2019s image into the International Powerlifting Federation World Championships in Norway in November. The refusal to do so landed him in hot water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI refused to wear the shirt and I was confronted with threats: If you refuse to wear the shirt, upon your return to Iran, both you and your family will face problems,\u201d Assadollahzadeh told the network.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amir Assadollahzadeh: Fearing torture and possible execution, Iranian powerlifter quit team in Norway and ran for his life \u2013 CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6MXsiUD9pn\">https:\/\/t.co\/6MXsiUD9pn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Don Riddell (@donriddellCNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donriddellCNN\/status\/1472902733921497092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou will be treated like someone who is against the regime and someone who has refused to work with us. Your life may also be in danger,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sardar Pashaei, manager of the United for Navi advocacy group supporting the wrongfully executed Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari, said Assadollahzadeh\u2019s case was just the latest in a string of similar ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe case of Amir Assadollahzade was one of the cases that showed how much Iranian athletes are under pressure from the Iranian government and have become victims of politics,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-690332\">told<\/a> <em>The Jerusalem Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn what other country in the world does an athlete have to wear the image of a political or military figure and be punished for not wearing it?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19349922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237520231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19349922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237520231-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A boy wearing a red bandana reading \u201cDeath to America\u201d holds up a sign showing the portrait of Qasem Soleimani, the slain top commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), during a memorial service marking the second anniversary of his death. (ANWAR AMRO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pashaei\u2019s group sent the reports of Iranian athletes to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) \u201cbecause if the IOC does not take serious action to support athletes, we will see more athletes in dangerous situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the Iranian water polo player&nbsp;Amir Dehdari was arrested and brutally flogged for refusing to meet with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">\n<p>In October, the Iranian boxer Omid Ahmadi Safa failed to turn up to compete for the gold medal at the World Kickboxing championship final in Italy after a video surfaced of him with Israeli athletes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A well-known Iranian powerlifter is seeking asylum in Norway after fearing for his life for refusing to wear a t-shirt featuring assassinated\u00a0Iranian Revolutionary Guards\u2019 Quds Force commander Qasem\u00a0Soleimani. 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