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So this article clarifies the rules for me if the Iranian wrestling federation approves the transfer, Massoumi can wrestle for Armenia immediately If they don’t, he can forget about wrestling for three years. As of now, IWF says they have to intention of granting permission. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK0Ii7jIbk4/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

According to the attached, he has offers from both Armenia and Azerbajan. also according to the attached, Iran must approve such a transfer, and so far they have said they are not going to allow it https://www.khabarvarzeshi.com/news/509689/کشتی-گیر-جوان-ایران-در-دوراهی-مخالفت-فدراسیون-با-تغییر-تابعیت

IWF has stated they will not approve such a transfer. i am not clear on the rules, if Iran does not approve it, is that the end?

Azarpira is back from his surgery https://khanehkoshti.ir/بازگشت-طلایی-آذرپیرا-به-تشک-کشتی/

Apparently, Armenian media is now substantiating the rumors شایعه تغییر تابعیت امیررضا معصومی از زبان رسانه‌های ارمنستانی

You raise an excellent point. Financially Qatar or Bahrain would be the best choices so far, there are no rumors of those countries recruiting him. Only Armenia and Azerbaijan the nice thing about Armenia is that he could change his name to Massoumian and fit it nicely

There are rumors that Massoumi is being recruited by Armenia. He added fuel to the fire by posting the flag of Armenia in his social media account.

I am not sure Inunderstand what you mean by “financial reasons” . He definitely retired because of his knee we Are in agreement about his greatness. The list of people he defeated is pretty impressive

He retired because of a knee injury. I agree that he is a strong candidate for the goat discussion

No, going by memory he only had one world gold, one Olympic silver and maybe a couple of other world medals my criteria for goat is someone who truly dominate their weight class and has at least one Olympic gold medal. based on the above, I would go with either Habibi , Movahed or Rasul Kadem. I love Hassan, but he is not the goat in my book

Technically Takhti was the second Iranian Gold Medalist. Habibi got his a day or two earlier in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics

Also for those of you looking for goat recipe, based on the attached, you are better off looking in India, China or Nigeria https://www.facebook.com/reel/1388078275736024

Iran results at the Mongolia Ranking tournament https://khanehkoshti.ir/جام-اوپن-مغولستان؛-بذری-و-بابایی-طلایی/

This is a very good list, Ebrahib Javadi would be added if he had managed to win an olympic gold. I think Habibi would generally be considered the most dominating. If it weren't for his freak loss in 1960 Rome, he would be mentioned as one of the all time greats, not just among the Iranians. Here is the video of that loss https://youtu.be/j9DJ2KVNSTk As you can see he was dominating, and then got caught and got pinned.

Iranian wrestler wins gold for Qatar https://www.instagram.com/p/DKPMmIyB62b/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link