After winning against Darkhan YESSENGALI (KAZ) in the first bout, Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN) in the second and Mohamed ABDELHADY (EGY) in the quarterfinal, he set up a semifinal against Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR). I knew I was down, Savadkouhi said after his victory. He then got 2022 U23 world champion Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO) and it was only the Georgian's conditioning, or rather a lack of it, which let him down as Akmataliev scored a fall after leading 14-7. [1] while regional variations differ from one province to another. Absent an outlet to ramp up exports to the West and looking to balance its sales north to Russia and east to China, Turkmenistan is heading a consortium for a pipeline that would send gas to India via Pakistan and Afghanistan called TAPI, a multibillion-dollar blueprint that has no known investor. Some students who have fallen ill have complained of an unknown or unpleasant smell. That includes the price of red meat, which reached a new high this week. There were no indications from the official releases on the meeting that further increases were on the agenda, however, with Russias energy giant only vaguely referring to talks on the course and prospects of cooperation in the gas sector. But if Beijing has traditionally been businesslike in its energy-trade relationship with Ashgabat, Moscows relations are more likely to involve political calculations. The deteriorating economic situation could lead to more protests, adding pressure on the establishment. Her death, which officials blamed on a heart attack, touched off a wave of anti-government protests in cities across the country. . The publication of some of Madani's books has been banned in Iran. To read the original story by AP, click here. In 2016, he was exiled to the southern port city of Bandar Abbas after serving four years of an eight-year prison sentence at Tehran's notorious Evin prison. The upgrade in Alexandria saw him win 9-6 against Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE) in the opening bout, 12-2 over Arman AVAGYAN (ARM) in the quarterfinals and beat Bekzod ABDURAKHMONOV (UZB) 10-5 in the semifinal. Moore and Jackson looked in great touch on Sunday and deserved to be the finalists. Mykhailov used a head pinch to score and seal up the win, 8-6. I hope I made you happy and smile. The female engineer whose video protesting the mandatory hijab at the Tehran Engineers Forum went viral on social media last week has expressed her "regret" in a video many of her supporters allege was made under duress. My son was among them, the woman said, adding that her son had suffered from stomach pain. But Russia does have leverage over Ashgabat, in that the last time it slashed gas imports from the country -- albeit during a nadir in global energy prices -- it caused Turkmenistan serious economic pain. Out of the 10 matches between the two teams, U.S. wrestlers won four by only one point or criteria (an ordered tie-breaking list in the rules of wrestling), and several star wrestlers lost in upsets. He had lost to Burroughs at a tournament in Turkey in February 2022. 74kg- Mostafa HOSSEINKHANI Alireza Dabir, formerly a U.S. Green Card holder, publicly expressed support for the Islamic republic's "Death to America" chant and said that he "didn't like" the United States. Orozobek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ), 6-4 A step out shortly after pushed his lead to 8-0. I think for India and Pakistan, last year was a shock in terms of how expensive LNG spot prices became, he said. Hosseinkhani, the '16 world bronze medalistand Younes EMAMI, a '19 world bronze medalist at 70kg,competed in Poland but didnt meet each other. At a time when gas-rich Turkmenistan could be pushing to diversify its export paths, it is instead allowing itself to be pulled back into Moscows energy orbit, experts say. Even though this student had no prior illness, the authorities are trying to write a false medical report saying she had a long history of illness, Kimiaee was quoted as saying in the news release. GOLD - Iakub SHIKHDZHAMALOV (ROU) df. The 27-year-old Yazdani has five world and Olympicmedals in his collection ('16 Olympic gold,two world gold medals ('17 & '19), one world silver medal ('15), and one world bronze medal ('18). Though it gives him the advantage of strength over his opponents, it also exposes the limitation of a wrestler when it comes to wrestling at the same pace for six minutes. Signatories to the letter, published on February 22, noted "such sentences have no result other than depriving Iranian society of committed thinkers who strive for freedom and justice, and only blocks the nonviolent development of the country." In recent years, however, public opposition to the message appears to have increased in Iran. Iranian authorities have gained notoriety for forcing several protesters to make similar "apologies" on video, prompting many social media users to question its authenticity. The gold medal bouts at 74kg and 92kg saw medical forfeits and saw Iakub SHIKHDZHAMALOV (ROU) and Kollin MOORE (USA) winning the gold respectively. An unnamed teacher at a girls school in Qom told Shargh that they have been ordered to teach even if only one student was present in class. BRONZE - Bekzod ABDURAKHMONOV (UZB) df. Iranian-American activist Sardar Pashaei, the former head coach of Iran's national Greco-Roman wrestling team, told Fox News that Washington should ban "all Iranian officials who hate the United States" from entering the country. The US wrestling federation received a star-studded lineup of Iranian freestyle wrestlers last month, who were to compete against American opponents at the Bout at the Ballpark. Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old champion wrestler, was tortured and hanged in 2020 for participating in the 2017-2018 protests triggered by the price of eggs and poultry. Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM) scores using a gut wrench against Joseph MCKENNA (USA) in the 65kg final. In the gold medal bout, he faced a familiar foe in Andrii YATSENKO (UKR), a former two-time U17 world champion, and both put on a show. Pedram Azarnush was taking part in an anti-regime protest in southwestern Iran in September when he was shot dead. and Sergei Kozyrev of Russian Federation during the Wrestling Freestyle - Men's 110kg on Day 8 of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games at the Asia Pavilion, Youth . A currency dealer poses for a photo with a U.S dollar bill and the amount being given when converting it into Iranian rials in an exchange shop in Tehran in December 2022. In 1998, a USA Wrestling international men's freestyle team was the first U.S. sports team to compete in Iran since the Iranian revolution, a period which spanned almost two decades. 8:15 2022/11/19 Third place team of Iran FS league determined/ Ghasempour,Valiev and Jamalov won the bout The team Anboohsazan Hootan defeated Setaregan Sari, 7-3 toplace third in 2022 Iran Freestyle league. Atli congratulated Yatsenko on a great final and as a sign of a good show of sportsmanship, the Turk raised his Ukrainian opponent's hand as if signifying support for Ukraine even as his country recovers from the devasting earthquakes which occurred three weeks ago. Hosseinkhani, the '16 world bronze medalistand Younes EMAMI, a '19 world bronze medalist at 70kg,competed in Poland but didnt meet each other. I want to be the closer, Snyder said. The '19 Asian championdefeated youngster Rahman AMOUZAD KHALILIKhalili in the team trials and wasselected for Olympic Games. The accusations against the 61-year-old Madani are mainly based on materials published by him describing and explaining various aspects of Iranian society, a source told RFE/RL. They had a difficult national trial at the Poland Opento determinethe spot. The protests over Amini's death came after a summer of unrest across Iran over poor living conditions, water shortages, and economic difficulties resulting from crippling sanctions that the United States has imposed on Iran over its nuclear program. Iran finished higher than the United States in the 2019 freestyle wrestling tournament, when the Iranians finished second and the Americans finished third. We always chant Death to America but more important is showing it in action, he said in a video in January 2022. The names and positions of diplomats were also not given. Atli, who spent last year at 61kg, made the move back to 57kg, a weight in which he competed at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics. The crown prince, who has lived in exile since he was 17, is using his tour across Europe to work with the West on issues such as making the Internet more accessible to Iranians, who are constrained by the regime's throttling of cyberspace to keep dissent from spreading, and to proscribe the country's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) military force. By But by accident or intention, this incident underscores the critical need for additional monitoring & transparency," she said on Twitter. The article on Qom News was later removed. To subscribe, click here. Despite giving up a late step out, the Georgian hung on to win, 10-7. Police are arriving near the mats like it's a big deal. Greco-Roman: They commemorated Takhti's 53rd demise anniversary today. He said the average price of meat was between 2,800,000 and 2,950,000 rials. Some angry parents have refused to send their children to school. Currency Tumbles To A New Low Ghiasi, a '21 Asian bronze medalist,beat Yazdani by fall in the team trials and earned the right torepresent Iran at 65kg. Shikhdzhamalov still needed at least a point to win and with the clock ticking down, he went for a desperate move. Olympics edit World Championship Asian Games [ edit] Asian Championships [ edit] Security forces across the country have been trying to suppress months of anti-government protests triggered by the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody for allegedly wearing a head scarf improperly. We came here to represent the people of Iran. But they did not have any meetings with high-ranking foreign officials. Darkhan YESSENGALI (KAZ), 5-1, 79kg At their only other meeting, in 1998, Team Melli defeated the Team USA 2-1 in soccer at the FIFA World Cup in France. Nejati tightened his place in the Iranian GR lineup as captured gold medal in at the Ukranian tournament. Grossi confirmed that the uranium particles had a purity level of 83.7 percent, which is just below the 90 percent purity needed for nuclear weapons, raising concerns that Iran could quickly use the material to produce an atomic bomb. In a video published on February 22, Kazemi expressed her "regret" for her actions onstage and said that it happened "as a result of psychological pressure caused by improper dealings with engineers." Nonproliferation experts have said Tehran has no civilian use for uranium purified to the level of 60 percent. Iran denied the report. Reza Pahlavi, the former crown prince of Iran, says the fall of the Islamic republic and the establishment of a democratic government would not only liberate Iranians from the tyranny of a "terrorist regime," but also benefit global peace and stability and ensure the interests of the international community. What was published about [the price] of red meat is the result of [efforts to create a negative atmosphere] on cyberspace, Masud Amrollahi, an official at the Ministry of Agriculture, said on February 21. Russia has upped imports of natural gas from Turkmenistan from a low of zero in 2016 to around 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year in 2021, even if they are still a fraction of their peak of over 40 bcm in the mid-2000s, when Moscow used them to free up lucrative exports to Europe. -- a reference to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Commodity prices have risen sharply in the Islamic republic amid months of nationwide anti-regime protests, new international sanctions imposed on Tehran, and Irans growing isolation. The older brother is happy to see his younger brother beside him at theOlympic Games. The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran in December found the prominent Iranian sociologist and journalist Saeed Madani guilty of "forming and managing antiestablishment groups" and of "propaganda against the Islamic republic of Iran.". Iran'scoaching board decided to send two 74kg wrestlers to the Poland Open to determine their 74kg team member. Moore has now won two Ranking Series gold medals in the space of three weeks. (Photo: UWW / Kadir Caliskan). Tehran, IRNA - Iranian freestyle wrestling team was defeated by the United States and ranked second in the World Cup which was held in Coralville, US. The Iranian and U.S. wrestling teams have competed in each other's countries more than 30 times in recent years. Between the 1990s and 2022, the two teams competed dozens of times. The executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on February 28 accused the government of "an act of terrorism" through its failure to take the wave of illnesses seriously for months, raising "serious questions regarding government complicity with groups that have the organizational capacity to carry out such major attacks.". U.S. wrestlers traveled to Iran for the Wrestling World Cup after a court dismissed Trump's ban and Tehran lifted a reciprocal ban. He then slipped out of a Chittum underhook and got to a single leg for two additional points. A political agreement on the status of the Caspian Sea involving all five littoral states and a bilateral deal between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan settling contradictory claims in the Caspian Sea were only reached in the last few years. He had lost to the Armenian in the final of the U23 Worlds in Pontevedra, Spain last year. In a letter to U.S. counterpart Rich Bender, Dabir said he was left "with no choice but to cancel the trip" after he and two wrestlers, the coach, the team leader, and an Olympic referee from the Iranian federation were not issued U.S. visas. A spate of illnesses in schools in the Iranian city of Qom has prompted public anger, with some accusing the government of negligence. Sunday, February 26, 2023 - 21:44 Tevanyan called passive and gave up points as well. The eight figures, including Pahlavi, said they were working on a charter for a transition to a new pluralistic system that would be followed by free elections. GOLD - Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM) df. Ruseckas of S&P Global Commodity Insights told RFE/RL that his estimation of the projects chances of coming to fruition had gone from zero to a very low number, but not for the reasons mentioned by Kabulov. Iran has been roiled by unrest -- one of the deepest challenges to the Islamic regime since the revolution in 1979 -- since the September 16 death of the 22-year-old Amini while in police custody for allegedly wearing a hijab, or head scarf, improperly. Last week, angry parents protested outside the governors office and called for a transparent investigation. Dabir invited the U.S. wrestling team to come to Iran as soon as possible for a friendly match with the Iranian team. Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling champion Mohammad Ali Geraei has praised Adolf Hitler as an inspirational leader. def. He added another as he passed McKennas left elbow and found his near ankle followed by a gut wrench. BRONZE - Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO) df. Exiled opposition figures recently met in Washington and pledged to establish a charter for a transition to a new, democratic system in Iran. Meanwhile, the trial for Iran 77kg Olympic spot was at theUkrainian Tournament, where Geraei defeated Amin KAVIANINEJAD,4-2,in the final match to receive a ticket toTokyo. The focus will now shift to the continental championships with the first being the U23 European Championships beginning March 13. Despite the break in U.S.-Iran diplomatic ties in 1980, after Iranian students took over the American Embassy, their sports rivalries have endured. The group said that the judge on duty and the forensic pathologist confirmed that Rigi died as a result of beating inside the police station. The 2022 Iran Freestyle final league held in Tehran and Petro Palayesh Takestan beat Bank Shahr in a narrow match. 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