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<ul class="summary-list"><li>An Iranian wrestling champion called Navid Akfari was executed Saturday despite pleas from the <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> boss <keyword id="1358348" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dana-White">Dana White</keyword> and US President <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword>.</li><li>White told reporters after a recent behind-closed-doors UFC event that the situation is sad.</li><li>He called Akfari a "stud athlete," and conceded that throughout the process of trying to save the athlete's life, the situation never looked good.</li><li>"He knew he wasn't allowed to protest, but he did anyway … This guy did even knowing that the penalty could be death."</li></ul>Dana White called <keyword id="9883500" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="navid-afkari">Navid Afkari</keyword>, an executed champion wrestler in Iran, "a stud athlete" who he tried to save by enlisting the help of Donald Trump.Afkari, 27, was executed Saturday after receiving two death sentences.He had been convicted of murder in the death of a security guard during anti-government protests in 2018, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-54129949" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the BBC reported</a>, but later said he confessed to the crime <a href="https://english.mojahedin.org/i/iran-navid-vahid-habib-afkari-sangari-protests-torture-execution-human-rights-20200831">only after being tortured</a>.The UFC boss White and the US President Trump had <a href="https://www.insider.com/dana-white-donald-trump-plead-iran-not-execute-navid-afkari-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded with Iran</a> reconsider the death sentence, but he was executed this past weekend."I called the president and I told him about it, and the first thing he said to me was, 'There's already sanctions against them, and there's just no recourse,'" White told reporters at a post-event press conference Saturday."He said, 'Let me see what I can do,' and he started talking to his people."Trump pleaded with Iran on Twitter to spare Afkari's life, and tagged Dana White's account in the post."Obviously, everybody saw the tweet that he put out, and I know he did some stuff behind the scenes to try and help," said White, conceding that at "no point during this process did it look good.""He knew he wasn't allowed to protest, but he did anyway. Much like people anywhere, the people that are protesting now, when you strongly believe in something, you stand up for yourself. You try to stand up."This guy did even knowing that the penalty could be death," he continued."I think as human beings and especially this guy, this guy was a stud athlete, world champion wrestler, very strong guy. I'm sure he was strong physically and mentally and he was fighting for what he believed in and it cost him his life.Akfari's death affected at least one of the athletes competing at the UFC's most recent event, where a tribute to the Iranian champion was broadcast on a big screen in the venue, and beamed television sets of those watching at home."It's a sad thing – I tried to help," White said. "When you look at something like that, first of all there's only one way to try and help somebody like that, and that's the President of the United States and the government, and I tried."An American lightweight called Bobby Green only learned of Akfari's execution when he was at the UFC Apex, minutes before he was due to compete.Green earned a hard-fought decision, but <a href="https://www.insider.com/bobby-green-said-navid-afkari-killing-broke-his-heart-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said at his post-fight interview that he was heartbroken</a> at the news, and cut the segment short.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bobby-green-said-navid-afkari-killing-broke-his-heart-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A UFC fighter was heartbroken and cut an interview short when he found out a champion wrestler had been executed in Iran</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/roy-jones-jr-mike-tyson-exhibition-may-be-mistake-jones-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roy Jones Jr. said he may have 'made a mistake' agreeing to an exhibition with Mike Tyson because 'he's the bigger,' more 'explosive guy'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-fighter-sticks-middle-finger-up-then-kos-opponent-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An MMA fighter stuck his middle finger up at his opponent, then KO'd him with a vicious kick to the head</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-manager-irate-at-people-trying-to-score-payday-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor's manager said he's irate at 'those seeking to score a headline or a payday' regarding the fighter's latest arrest</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-got-drug-tested-while-vacationing-on-his-yacht-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor got drug-tested while he was sailing on his yacht in the Mediterranean, meaning he's not officially retired</a></li></ul>

UFC boss Dana White called an executed Iranian wrestler a 'stud athlete,' but said his and Trump's attempts to stop the death 'never looked good'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>David Green, a <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> fighter, said he found out moments before he was due to compete on Saturday that a wrestler had been executed in Iran earlier that day.</li><li>The American lightweight earned a hard-fought decision behind closed doors and afterward could talk only about <keyword id="9883500" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="navid-afkari">Navid Afkari</keyword>'s killing, telling ESPN he was heartbroken to learn of his death.</li><li>Afkari was executed after being convicted of murder, but he had said he confessed to the crime after being tortured.</li><li>"It just f---ed me up," Green said. "You really just crushed me today. Like, somebody lost their life today."</li></ul>The UFC fighter <keyword id="9938303" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bobby-green">Bobby Green</keyword> said he found out during a live event on Saturday that a wrestler had been executed in Iran, and he cut an interview short because he was so upset.Green said he learned about Navid Afkari's killing moments before he fought at the behind-closed-doors "<a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-michelle-watersons-grueling-war-with-angela-hill-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill</a>" show in Las Vegas, when a tribute was broadcast on a big screen.The American lightweight, who earned a unanimous decision win over Alan Patrick, was asked about the bout by the ESPN MMA broadcaster and former UFC champion Michael Bisping.But Green could think of little apart from Afkari, a 27-year-old who was executed on Saturday after receiving a death sentence.Afkari had been convicted of murder in the death of a security guard during anti-government protests in 2018, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-54129949" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the BBC reported</a>. He had said he confessed to the crime <a href="https://english.mojahedin.org/i/iran-navid-vahid-habib-afkari-sangari-protests-torture-execution-human-rights-20200831">only after being tortured</a>.The UFC boss Dana White and US President Donald Trump had <a href="https://www.insider.com/dana-white-donald-trump-plead-iran-not-execute-navid-afkari-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded with Iran</a> not to execute the wrestling champion."You guys just showed something about someone who just died," <a href="https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1304954911650652160" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green told ESPN after his win</a>, adding, "You guys just broke my heart, to say that that man lost his life."I thought we were going to be able to save him. He just lost his life? That just messed me up. Somebody just lost their life for protesting. That just messed me up."When Bisping attempted to talk about the fight, Green said: "There's nothing to talk about, man. That guy lost his life. I'm just here — somebody just lost their life, bro. I don't even want to talk right now. That's just so sad. It's messed up, man."Y'all pulled that right before my fight, and that just really blew my mind. I can't even talk right now, bro. Thank you so much. Sorry."Green then took off his headset and walked off <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK3xoIeswq0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">toward another media obligation</a>.Again, he could think of little apart from Afkari.He said that his performance was "f---ing terrible" and that he had a bad night, even though he won. It wasn't long before he segued into talking about Afkari."It just f---ed me up," Green said. "You really just crushed me today. Like, somebody lost their life today."He added, "I just can't believe that dude lost his life protesting, you know, the same stuff we do over here."Green's win was his third in as many months, advancing his record to 27 wins (eight knockouts, nine submissions, and 10 decisions) against 10 losses.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-michelle-watersons-grueling-war-with-angela-hill-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michelle Waterson's grueling war with Angela Hill was one of the best women's fights all year</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-billy-quarantillo-knocked-out-opponent-with-a-straight-right-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An American finished a fight 7 seconds into the 3rd round with a textbook punch, making his opponent face-plant the floor</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-manager-irate-at-people-trying-to-score-payday-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor's manager said he's irate at 'those seeking to score a headline or a payday' regarding the fighter's latest arrest</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-got-drug-tested-while-vacationing-on-his-yacht-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor got drug-tested while he was sailing on his yacht in the Mediterranean, meaning he's not officially retired</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/khabib-nurmagomedov-conor-mcgregor-rematch-russian-not-interested-anymore-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Khabib Nurmagomedov says Conor McGregor offers nothing as a competitor, and that he's no longer interested in a rematch</a></li></ul>

A UFC fighter was heartbroken and cut an interview short when he found out a champion wrestler had been executed in Iran

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="41896" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Iran">Iran</keyword>'s state TV reported that the country's authorities have executed a champion wrestler who attended anti-government protests in 2018 and said he was tortured into confessing to murder.</li><li><keyword id="9883500" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="navid-afkari">Navid Afkari</keyword>, 27, was one of hundreds of demonstrators who gathered in August 2018 to protest the country's worsening economic situation, <a href="https://www.insider.com/navid-afkari-iranian-wrestler-sentenced-to-death-after-protesting-2020-9">Insider previously reported</a>. </li><li><keyword id="3828720" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="President-Donald-Trump">President Donald Trump</keyword> previously asked for the 27-year-old condemned man's life to be spared.</li><li>Last week, the Iranian government broadcast the wrestler's televised confession, which resembled hundreds of other suspected coerced confessions aired over the last decade in the Islamic Republic.</li></ul>Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's authorities have executed a wrestler who attended anti-government protests in 2018.State TV quoted the chief justice of Fars province, Kazem Mousavi as saying on Saturday: "The retaliation sentence against Navid Afkari, the killer of Hassan Turkman, was carried out this morning in Adelabad prison in Shiraz."Afkari's case had drawn the attention of a social media campaign that portrayed him and his brothers as victims targeted over participating in protests against Iran's Shiite theocracy in 2018.Even President Donald Trump weighed in on the issue, publicly asked for the 27-year-old condemned man's life to be spared.Authorities accused Afkari of stabbing a water supply company employee in the southern city of Shiraz amid the unrest.The murder allegations have garnered international skepticism, and global leaders — <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1301627760734019585">including Trump</a> — have suggested he was targeted merely for attending anti-government protests.Iran broadcast the wrestler's televised confession last week. The segment resembled hundreds of other suspected coerced confessions aired over the last decade in the Islamic Republic.In a leaked recording released by Amnesty International, Afkari said he was tortured into making a false confession to the murder.On Saturday, the human rights organization said another recording from inside the prison was leaked, featuring Afkari proclaiming his innocence. "If I am executed, I want you to know that an innocent person, even though he tried and fought with all his strength to be heard, was executed," he said, <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/09/iran-secret-execution-of-wrestler-navid-afkari-a-travesty-of-justice/">according to Amnesty International</a>.<h2>The <keyword id="6400667" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="execution">execution</keyword> has put a new spotlight on Iran's use of the death penalty</h2><div type="image" title="iran 2018 protests" height="1333" width="2000" msid="78084848" hostid="261"></div>The case revived a demand inside the country for Iran to stop carrying out the death penalty. Even imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, herself nearly a month into a hunger strike over conditions at Tehran's Evin prison amid the coronavirus pandemic, passed word that she supported Afkari.Earlier, Trump had tweeted out his own concern about Afkari's case."To the leaders of Iran, I would greatly appreciate if you would spare this young man's life, and not execute him," Trump wrote last week. "Thank you!"Iran responded to Trump's tweet with a nearly 11-minute state TV package on Afkari. It included the weeping parents of the slain water company employee, Hassan Torkaman. The package included footage of Afkari on the back of a motorbike, saying he had stabbed Torkaman in the back, without explaining why he allegedly carried out the assault.The state TV segment showed blurred police documents and described the killing as a "personal dispute," without elaborating. It said Afkari's cellphone had been in the area and it showed surveillance footage of him walking down a street, talking on his phone.Also, Iran's semiofficial Tasnim <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> agency dismissed Trump's tweet in a feature story, saying that American sanctions have hurt Iranian hospitals amid the pandemic."Trump is worried about the life of a murderer while he puts many Iranian patients' lives in danger by imposing severe sanctions," the agency said.Read more: <a href="https://www.insider.com/navid-afkari-iranian-wrestler-sentenced-to-death-after-protesting-2020-9">An Iranian champion wrestler has been given 2 death sentences after protesting against the country's government</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/girl-travels-the-world-to-avoid-being-deported-back-iran-2020-6">After her father threatened her with a gun, this Iranian teen fled home. Now she must travel from country to country or be sent back.</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/iran-arrests-journalist-covornavirus-criticism-questions-data-mohammad-mosaed-2020-4">Iran arrested a journalist who criticised its response to the coronavirus outbreak, and forced him to delete his Twitter and Telegram</a>

Iran executed a champion wrestler after international calls to spare his life and reports of torture

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1358348" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dana-White">Dana White</keyword> and <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword> have both pleaded with Iran not to execute a 27-year-old champion wrestler who was sentenced to death after protesting against the country's government. </li><li>Afkari was handed two deaths sentences on Saturday for charges including murder, <a href="https://www.insider.com/navid-afkari-iranian-wrestler-sentenced-to-death-after-protesting-2020-9">however it is reported that he confessed to the crimes under torture.</a></li><li>"To the leaders of Iran, I would greatly appreciate if you would spare this young man's life, and not execute him. Thank you!" said Trump on Twitter.</li><li>"He's one of us, he could be one of my fighters," <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> President White added on Instagram. "Please not execute this man and spare his life."</li></ul>UFC president Dana White and United States President Donald Trump have both pleaded with Iran not to execute a 27-year-old champion wrestler who was sentenced to death after protesting against the country's government.<a href="https://www.insider.com/navid-afkari-iranian-wrestler-sentenced-to-death-after-protesting-2020-9">Navid Afkari was handed two death sentences by The Islamic Republic of Iran's Supreme Court on Saturday</a> for his part in protests against the country's worsening economic situation in August 2018. The court convicted Afkari on a number of charges including propaganda activities against the state, insulting the supreme leader, and the murder of a "plain clothes agent" — however it is reported by the <a href="https://english.mojahedin.org/i/iran-navid-vahid-habib-afkari-sangari-protests-torture-execution-human-rights-20200831">People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran</a> that he confessed to said crimes under torture.He was also denied the chance of a retrial. Donald Trump posted two tweets on Thursday in which he called for Afkari's sentence to be withdrawn. "Hearing that Iran is looking to execute a great and popular wrestling star, 27-year-old Navid Afkarai, whose sole act was an anti-government demonstration on the streets. They were protesting the "country's worsening economic situation and inflation," he said in his first post.In his second, in which he tagged Dana White and linked to an article in Fox News, Trump said: "To the leaders of Iran, I would greatly appreciate if you would spare this young man's life, and not execute him. Thank you!"Shortly after Trump's message, White took to Instagram to relay the message while also revealing he had previously been in touch with Trump with regards to Akfari's planned execution. "This week, the New York Times wrote a story about a very famous wrestler from Iran. His name is <keyword id="9883500" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="navid-afkari">Navid Afkari</keyword>," White said."He went to a peaceful protest in Iran and he's going to be executed for that. First of all, this guy is a human being, number two he's one of us, he could be one of my fighters."The only thing I thought to do was call the President and see what he can do to help this man. And he said, 'Let us look into it, let me talk to my administration and see if there's something we can do to save this man's life.'"So today the president tweeted the tweet that is attached to this video. I would just like to say that I, too, respectfully and humbly ask the government officials in Iran to please not execute this man and spare his life."<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/death-penalty-in-2019-facts-and-figures/">Amnesty International reports</a> that China was the only country to impose more death penalties than Iran during 2019. It also says that many of those imposed in the country were done so without meeting "international fair trial standards." Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/navid-afkari-iranian-wrestler-sentenced-to-death-after-protesting-2020-9">An Iranian champion wrestler has been given 2 death sentences after protesting against the country's government</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/daniel-kinahan-ran-boxing-using-fear-and-bullying-sources-say-2020-7">Daniel Kinahan, a suspected $1.1 billion Irish gang lord, ran boxing using fear and bullying, sources say</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/kansas-city-chiefs-ban-native-american-imagery-from-arrowhead-stadium-2020-8">The Kansas City Chiefs banned fans from appropriating Native American culture by wearing headdresses and face paint at games</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-lebron-james-breonna-taylor-black-lives-matter-2020-7">LeBron James called for justice for Breonna Taylor and explained why Black Lives Matter is more than a movement</a>

Trump and UFC President Dana White have pleaded with Iran not to execute a champion wrestler sentenced to death after attending a peaceful protest

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="41896" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Iran">Iran</keyword> has condemned a 27-year-old champion wrestler to two death sentences and "74 lashes" for protesting against the country's government.</li><li><a href="https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4404/">According to Iran Human Rights,</a> Navid Afkari was amongst hundreds of demonstrators who took to the streets to protest against the country's worsening economic situation in August 2018. </li><li>He was convicted of a number of charges, including murder and insulting the supreme leader, however claims to have confessed under torture, reports The Human Rights Activists News Agency. </li><li>"For around 50 days I had to endure the most horrendous physical and psychological tortures," Afkari reportedly said in a letter.</li></ul>Iran has condemned a 27-year-old champion wrestler to two death sentences and 74 lashes for protesting against the country's government. Navid Afkari, who has won medals in numerous of Iran's national tournaments, was given the sentence by The Islamic Republic of Iran's Supreme Court on Saturday and his request for an appeal was rejected, <a href="https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4404/">according to Iran Human Rights.</a>Afkari's brothers, Vahid and Habib Afkari, were also handed prison sentences of 54 years and 27 years respectively, while both will receive 74 lashes.According to Iran Human Rights, the three brothers were among hundreds of demonstrators who took to the streets to protest against the country's worsening economic situation and high levels of inflation in August 2018. They have now been convicted of over 20 different charges, including "corruption by forming a group of people opposed to the system, propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and insulting the supreme leader."Navid Afkari was also charged with murdering a person said to be a "plain clothes agent."The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said, <a href="https://english.mojahedin.org/i/iran-navid-vahid-habib-afkari-sangari-protests-torture-execution-human-rights-20200831">as per People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran,</a> that Navid Afkari had written to them in September 2019 to report that he had confessed to the crimes under torture."For around 50 days I had to endure the most horrendous physical and psychological tortures," Afkari reportedly wrote. "They would beat me with sticks and batons, hitting my arms, legs, abdomen and back. They would place a plastic bag on my head and torture me until I suffocated to the very brink of death. They also poured alcohol into my nose."A forensic pathologist has since confirmed that injuries sustained in prison by Afkari were from torture, while eyewitnesses also told of the torture. The Supreme Court, however, dismissed the evidence as inconclusive, according to Iran Human Rights.<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/death-penalty-in-2019-facts-and-figures/">Amnesty International reports</a> that China was the only country to impose more death penalties than Iran during 2019.Of the 251 people executed in Iran, 13 executions took place in public, while four defendants had committed their crimes before the age of 18.Amnesty also reports that many of the country's death sentences were imposed after "proceedings that did not meet international fair trial standards." Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/daniel-kinahan-ran-boxing-using-fear-and-bullying-sources-say-2020-7">Daniel Kinahan, a suspected $1.1 billion Irish gang lord, ran boxing using fear and bullying, sources say</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/kansas-city-chiefs-ban-native-american-imagery-from-arrowhead-stadium-2020-8">The Kansas City Chiefs banned fans from appropriating Native American culture by wearing headdresses and face paint at games</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/nba-players-kneeling-national-anthem-george-floyds-death-2020-8">NBA players are coming away with a powerful message about George Floyd's death after kneeling during the national anthem</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-lebron-james-breonna-taylor-black-lives-matter-2020-7">LeBron James called for justice for Breonna Taylor and explained why Black Lives Matter is more than a movement</a>

An Iranian champion wrestler has been given 2 death sentences after protesting against the country's government

<ul class="summary-list"><li>One of the greatest shooters in Olympic history called a rival a "terrorist."</li><li>Jin Jong-oh made the comments in relation to <keyword id="41896" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Iran">Iran</keyword>'s Javad Foroughi, who is a member of its Revolutionary Guard.</li><li>The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps was declared a terrorist organization by the US in 2019.</li></ul>The most successful individual in <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/olympics">Olympic</a> shooting history has labelled it "pure nonsense" that a member of <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/iran">Iran's</a> Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been allowed to compete in the Tokyo <keyword id="6360967" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="olympics">Olympics</keyword>, calling him a "terrorist."Javad Foroughi won gold in the 10 meter air pistol event, beating Serbia's Damir Mikec and China's Wei Pang.After the event, he was labelled a terrorist by Jin Jong-oh, a Korean shooter who won gold in the same event at London 2012 and competed in Tokyo.Jong-oh made the comments in relation to the fact Foroughi is a member of the IRGC, a group classified as a terrorist organization by the US in 2019.The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are elite troops who carry out shadowy missions outside Iran's borders and suppress internal dissent within.They report only to the country's supreme leader. Some of its force of approximately 125,000 troops are commandos who supply and train militants around the region, and their operatives have been linked to terror attacks like the 1983 bombings of the US embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut.After winning gold, Foroughi gave a military salute on the podium. "How can a terrorist win first place? That's the most absurd and ridiculous thing," Jong-oh told reporters at Seoul Airport on arriving home from Tokyo, <a href="https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/sports/2021/07/600_312996.html">according to the Korea Times</a>.Jong-oh failed to make it past the qualification stage at the Tokyo Games, but it is his words about Foroughi which have generated headlines.His comments came after a statement by the campaign group United for Navid, a group set up after the execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari, which criticized the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ioc">International Olympic Committee</a> for allowing Foroughi to compete."We consider the awarding of an Olympic gold medal to Iran marksman Javad Foroughi not only a catastrophe for Iranian <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> but also for the international community, and especially the reputation of the <keyword id="6354733" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ioc">IOC</keyword>. The 41-year old Foroughi is a current and longtime member of a terrorist organization," it said in a statement."The IRGC has a history of violence and killing not only of Iranian people and protesters there, but also innocent people in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. It is a designated foreign terrorist organization by the United States."We call for an immediate investigation by the IOC, and until an investigation is completed the suspension of any medal award." it said in a statement.Foroughi has not commented publicly on the criticisms levelled at him.

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