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So there a subset of American contingent that would readily go to Norway for senior worlds but not interested in U23 attendance in Las Vegas? Or is it the other way round- they already went to Las Vegas as they were not able to go to Kazakhstan for the senior worlds?

Will he beat folks like Mamedov, Sujit or Amouzad?

One of my college professors used to start his lectures by the saying that he was going to ‘ tell em what you’re going to tell em, tell em then tell em what you’ve told them’. I guess this repetition was his method of inculcating the material into his students -Do you think the repetition in the book relates to the author wanting the points to stick with reader? I haven’t read the book so just a speculation

Oh- I did not realise he was such a veteran of the sport- 1984 was a vintage year. what he informed them of apparently is classified so your guess is as good as mine but seems entirely plausible.

Hope you fare well with all the multitasking you going to do today

All the best for tge next move

Yes- seems like a reasonable sort of suggestion — a temporary truce but I doubt it would last long..

Is not this a non wrestling forum?

Apparently a David Taylor has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China…

I agree you are Evil and what you stand for is evil. This is the last I will respond to you due to your vile nature.

I am not engaging in direct discussion with you as I find you and what you stand for repulsive.

This guy keeps spouting /rehashing regime propaganda- Mohammad Marandi is a well known regime spoke person- a “professor” in Tehran university- American studies. often IRI apologists fall into 2 camps- paid or incentivised professionals ( a notorious group called NIAC is an example) or just folks with muddled up thinking who are raised in the west often can not speak Persian and through some psychological complex they become apologists for the regime. I think probably this fellow falls into the latter category.

the regime are not only targeting athletes and ordinary folks but also healthcare professionals who help their victims https://news.sky.com/story/the-doctors-who-want-you-to-know-what-happened-inside-iran-13500411

Zainab Ghasemi Tari is a regime stooge/tool https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeinab-gasemi-tari-73096170?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app https://profile.ut.ac.ir/profile

I guess part of the problem may be genuine visa administration problems as internet was turned off in Iran for a few days but my personal feeling is that it’s something the UWW also supported as Dabir apparently has been sanctioned for 2 years by UWW if some of the reports I have seen are correct. in terms of the safety I think only a handful of top wrestlers would have gone to the tournaments and these guys are already under immense pressure so they would need to toe the line or there would be consequences. In fact I gather Dabir had told them if you don’t want what happened to Nejati to happen to you then you must not say anything against the government and in support of the people. It’s the lower tier athletes that are at high risk of government brutality really. The top echelon have been pretty much coerced to keep quiet already . Although there may also be the odd genuine regime supporters amongst them- I think Farokhi is one of them which is a shame as I did like his style and panache.. You make a good point about possibility of defection- I think the regime has pretty much worked their countermeasures- firstly the athletes have families in Iran and they would have been told to watch what they do as they would then go after the family and loved ones. Also they are accompanied by minders so they may not find it that easy to find the opportunity and lastly but probably not least I suspect they may not be sure how to manage a defection process as most of them not great with English but on the opposite side they are bright capable and experienced so may be that would not be an issue- I think safety of family left behind would be enough not to contemplate anything like defection though.

More news of detained wrestlers https://www.instagram.com/p/DUCJJfLjGER/?igsh=MzkwMjVsMm5qMjZ6

This grass root activism may also explain things a little https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUC-bNxDVll/?igsh=YjV1ajZseDFzb25k

Russia is supposedly an ally of IRI. The relationship of IRI with Russia and China has been tilted towards them exploiting IRI due to the isolation of the Islamic regime . Russia for example exploited IRI by getting them to provide drones etc for their war in Ukraine and China by getting a cheap supply of oil. That’s also to their benefit if Iran is kept isolated and dependent on them. They will do limited things to prop up the regime up to a point but will not go out of their way to support them which also further highlights how bad the IRI is for Iran as a country and it’s people. This time Russia decided not to bother with the pretence by not giving visas to Iranian wrestlers.. they are playing it safe I guess given the recent murderous acts of the regime- Russians are getting enough bad publicity so don’t want to get more via being associated with IRI anymore than they need to.

The atrocities not limited to athletes of course- they are randomly shooting with snipers at ordinary folks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m7kde3y3zo and more from the Guardian as well as BBC https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/25/iran-protest-doctor-first-hand-account-shooting-of-protestors

You know WANA a regime propaganda site https://wanaen.com/

What’s your take on this? Yousefi says it’s a hotel booking issue? Who is this Yousefi guy anyway ? Dabir too busy working the streets?

More information on missing wrestlers from grass roots wrestling community in Iran https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT9olNKDYQf/?igsh=YzNxOHJmZGV4YWV1

Looks like UWW has excluded all Iranian wrestlers from Zagreb open https://uww.org/article/zagreb-open-ranking-series-2026-entries More on this here… I guess Dabir leadership is already beginning to affect the athletes https://www.instagram.com/p/DT-iHq9jeSu/?igsh=MTZmemwzanhuN3psag==