{"id":2198368,"date":"2024-03-13T12:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-wants-iran-banned-from-2024-olympics\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T12:26:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:26:55","slug":"senator-wants-iran-banned-from-2024-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-wants-iran-banned-from-2024-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Calls for Iran&#8217;s Exclusion from 2024 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fsenator-wants-iran-banned-from-2024-olympics%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=2198368&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--><div>\n<h2>Athletes at Risk: The Unheard Voices of\u2062 Iranian Sports<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. Marsha \u200dBlackburn (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Call to Action: Ban Iran from Paris 2024 Olympics<\/h3>\n<p>In an audacious move,\u200c a\u2063 Republican senator \u2064is appealing to the International Olympic Committee (<strong>IOC<\/strong>) to <strong>exclude Iran<\/strong> from \u2063the upcoming <strong>2024 Paris Olympics<\/strong>. This call to action follows\u200c alarming reports of the regime&#8217;s alleged <strong>persecution and mistreatment of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-times-transgender-athletes-dominated-womens-sports\/\" title=\"5 Times Transgender Athletes Dominated Women\u2019s Sports\">female athletes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Iranian Regime&#8217;s glorification through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/momentum-grows-in-congress-to-boycott-beijing-olympics\/\" title=\"Momentum Grows in Congress to Boycott Beijing Olympics\">international platform<\/a> of the Olympics\u200d must cease until \u200dthey align with \u2062 <strong>Olympic values<\/strong>\u2014freedom of expression and safety for all \u200dathletes,&#8221; insisted\u2064 Sen. Marsha Blackburn\u200c in a bold <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3.14.24-Blackburn-Letter-to-IOC-re-Iranian-Participation-in-the-Olympics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">correspondence<\/a> with the IOC, spotlighted by the <em>Washington Free \u200cBeacon<\/em>. She demands accountability for Iran&#8217;s <strong>repression<\/strong>,\u2064 seeking updates on their \u2062status for the 2024 Games.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn&#8217;s dispatch coincides with the defection of an Iranian sportswoman,\u200d highlighting the dangers \u200cfaced by\u200d athletes critical of Iran\u2019s authoritarian \u200cgovernance. The Senator outlines troubling accounts\u200c of <strong>athletes facing harm, incarceration, or even death<\/strong> for their participation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuban-regimes-biggest-defenders-in-congress-silent-on-pro-democracy-protests\/\" title=\"Cuban Regime\u2019s Biggest Defenders in Congress Silent on Pro-Democracy Protests\">pro-democracy demonstrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The Plight of Female Athletes in Iran<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Blackburn\u200d points out the ironic cruelty\u200c where Iranian women, once champions, suffer \u2063gross violations under\u2064 their regime, nullifying the\u200b very essence of <strong>Olympic principles<\/strong>. Joining forces with exiled Iranian sports figures, she \u2063campaigns for Iran&#8217;s \u200bexclusion from the 2024 \u200dOlympics due to their overt gender-based discrimination and abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the disparity, Blackburn calls attention to Iran\u2019s treatment of its \u2064female athletes. \u2062She notes,\u200d &#8220;<strong>Kimia Alizadeh<\/strong>,\u200c Iran&#8217;s sole female Olympic medalist, exemplifies the immense potential stifled by systemic \u2062oppression\u2014a condition so dire it led to her defection.&#8221; The \u2064senator decries \u200bpractices\u200d such \u200cas mandatory hijab requirements and bans on women in key Olympic sports.<\/p>\n<p>Other harrowing\u200d tales \u200binclude that of <strong>Marjan Jangjou<\/strong>, a rock\u2063 climber now missing, and <strong>Navid Afkari<\/strong>, a wrestler executed despite global condemnation. The tragic execution of karate champion\u200d <strong>Mohammad Karami<\/strong>, and the maiming of\u2064 archery silver medalist <strong>Kowsar Khoshnoudi-Kia<\/strong> are but a\u200b few examples of the regime&#8217;s cruelty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are merely the surfacing stories from\u200d a \u2062long list of \u200cathletes victimized by the regime,&#8221; highlights Blackburn. &#8220;Iran \u200dis\u200b ruled by a deplorable\u2062 system \u2062that particularly targets its female citizenry, embedding violence in their everyday lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Paris prepares to host the world\u2019s finest athletes, \u2062Blackburn calls\u200c upon the IOC \u2063to issue a firm stance:\u2062 &#8220;<strong>Intolerable are the abuses against sportsmen and women<\/strong> \u200d and the desecration\u200c of Olympic charters.&#8221; With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexicos-governor-bans-carrying-of-firearms-in-states-largest-city\/\" title=\"Governor of New Mexico prohibits firearms in largest city.\">global \u2062attention<\/a> soon to focus on\u200d the City \u200bof Lights, Iran faces a moment of\u2063 international reckoning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Marsha Blackburn urges the IOC to bar Iran from the 2024 Paris Olympics, highlighting the regime&#8217;s alleged harm and oppression towards athletes, particularly women who voice dissent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":2198369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/senate-republicans-hold-capitol-hill-press-conference-on-border-securi.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2198368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/senate-republicans-hold-capitol-hill-press-conference-on-border-securi.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2198368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2198369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2198368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2198368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2198368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}