Kick Iran out of Olympics, World Cup for execution of over 30 athletes, activists demand
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Category: WARS & RUMORS OF WARS
Summary:
Former Iranian national wrestling team head Sardar Parshei and dissident Masih Alinejad have called for Iran to be banned from international sports competitions following the execution of thousands of protesters by the Iranian regime. Among those killed were young athletes, including 15-year-old wrestler Parsa Lorestani and champion Erfan Kari. The calls urge organizations like FIFA and the International Olympic Committee to refuse legitimizing a regime accused of repressing athletes and protesters. While some experts oppose a ban to avoid penalizing athletes, they suggest allowing spectators to honor fallen wrestlers during events.
Mysterion Insights
Scripture: Proverbs 31:8-9 (NASB 1977)
"Open your mouth for the dumb,
For the rights of all the unfortunate.
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy."
Commentary:
When athletes and dissidents speak against state killings, Proverbs frames it as a moral duty to defend the afflicted, not a public-relations move. Some officials will argue a sports ban punishes competitors who trained their whole lives. That tension is real. Still, stadiums and governing bodies do lend legitimacy, and people can feel that contradiction in the stands. Prophetically, this reflects the end-time pattern of rulers using institutions to silence truth while demanding public honor.
Prophetic Trend:
Global institutions face rising pressure to either confront state violence or quietly normalize it through prestige platforms like international sport.
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Source Excerpt:
A longtime critic of the Iranian regime and the former head of the rogue nation’s national wrestling team are urging sports organizations to ban Iran from competitions just weeks after Tehran executed thousands of anti-government demonstrators.The sport of wrestling — a national pastime in Iran — has been hit hard by the Iranian regime’s slaughter of protesters seeking to end 47-years of Islamist totalitarian rule in the country. According to a Friday report from the London-based independent news organization Iran International, the clerical regime killed Parsa Lorestani , a 15-year-old protester and wrestler from the city of Zagheh in western Iran. A government sniper killed Lorestani in the city of Khorramabad during a protest on Jan. 8.  The outlet showed video of the young boy wrestling."Another wrestler murdered. Erfan Kari was 20. A champion," Iranian-American Sardar Parshei, former head coach of Iran’s national Greco-Roman wrestling, wrote on his X account Friday."He could have been an Olympian. Instead, the Islamic regime shot him for protesting. Other wrestlers are still in prison. Be their voice. Save them."Prominent dissident Masih Alinejad announced to her 786.800 follo...
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Source: Fox News
Posted on 02-07-2026 15:54