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 activist HRANA news agency said that, as of January 26, at least 700 university students had been arrested during the recent unrest. 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. In recent weeks, there have been several reports of university professors being fired or suspended for accompanying protesting students. Kentchadze, however, weathered the storm and used a go-behind off of Kavousis single-leg attempt to increase his lead to 10-6. The Poland Openacted as ateam trialfor at97kg and 130kg. The family of the slain protester wanted to hold a birthday ceremony at his grave in Chalus cemetery on February 22 but security forces summoned the family and prevented the event. BRONZE - Austin DESANTO (USA) df. Joseph MC KENNA (USA), 8-2, BRONZE - Erik ARUSHANIAN (UKR) df. We came here to represent the people of Iran. Pahlavi, currently in the United Kingdom on the third phase of a European trip after attending the Munich Security Conference alongside other political activists, said in a speech at the Oxford Union student society on February 28 that a regime change would end human rights violations, an aggressive foreign policy, and "behavior inconsistent with peace and stability" now occurring in Iran. 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. Anger over Amini's death on September 16 has prompted thousands of Iranians to take to the streets nationwide to demand more freedoms and women's rights. The hijab -- the head covering worn by Muslim women -- became compulsory in public for Iranian women and girls over the age of 9 after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Medal Name Sport Event Gold: Mohammad Nassiri: Kentchadze raced to an 8-0 lead after the 30-second exchange. The issues were reflected in the crowds who attended the wrestling tournament. The IAEA report follows comments by CIA chief William Burns, who said over the weekend that Iran's nuclear program had "advanced very far, to the point where it would only be a matter of weeks before they can enrich to 90 percent, if they chose to cross that line." Hopefully, these issues will soon be resolved, and our beloved people and Iranian society will reconcile, he said. A video of Dabir's comments made in January was posted online by activists who said that people like him should not be allowed to travel to the United States. Enter in, put them to sleep.. That has worsened the economic situation in Iran and plunged more Iranians into poverty. Iranian activist Fatemeh Sepehri, an outspoken critic of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison after calling on him to resign. Training for the Olympics during the pandemic has put athletes under even more pressure. The Statistical Center of Iran announced on February 22 that the one-year spot inflation rate for food and beverages was around 70 percent for the Persian month of Bahman that ended on February 19. Atli took the first step in that direction on Sunday by winning the first gold medal of the year at the Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Series event in Alexandria, Egypt. He also did not give any concrete details about how the diplomats had broken protocol. The former European champion coming down to 57kg also means that he is slightly bigger for this weight. Medical experts have not found any bacterial or viral infections in blood samples taken from sick students. Politics and sports appear to have collided, squandering the chances for a rare opportunity of wrestling diplomacy between Iran and the United States. He also scored a point via stepout. Such issues arise in every country and a number of issues have arisen in my country as well, said Ghasempour. 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. "It's not logical for someone to repeat a chant against a country and expect to receive a visa from that country," Denmark-based Iranian sports journalist Mehdi Rostampour told RFE/RL's Radio Farda, adding that Iran would have done the same. The United States did not offer an official explanation, but Dabir blasted the United States. The measures enacted by the Canadian government prohibit dealings with the individuals on the list, effectively freezing any assets they may hold in Canada. For the first time in decades, Iran was not represented by its foreign minister at the annual Munich Security Conference. Team USA lost seven individual matches, four against Iran. Sanctions Iran for Providing Drones to Russia, Irans Deepening Strategic Alliance with Russia, E.U. 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. To read the original story by Reuters, click here. Meanwhile, other have speculated that religious extremists, in a bid to create fear and prevent girls from attending school, could be behind the incidents. The two broke containment when Atli shot back in on another double leg, scoring a takedown before transitioning into a pair of ankle laces. She and the other activists have also called for a new political system within the framework of a new constitution that would secure dignity and equal rights for women. 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. Tel. I am doing my best to make 2023 my year. Here's what I've been following and what I'm watching out for in the days ahead. Iran was overpowered by the US 6-4 and ranked second. U.S. wrestlers were the first American athletes to visit the Islamic Republic after the 1979 revolution, when they competed in the Takhti Cup in Tehran in February 1998. Sardar Pashaei, the Iranian-American ex-head coach of Iran's national Greco-Roman wrestling team, said it was a "friendship match.". "I assure you that my fellow wrestling and hospitable compatriots will welcome you with open arms," he said in his letter. I'm Hannah Kaviani, a senior broadcaster and editor at RFE/RL's Radio Farda. In the video published on social media on February 17, the woman identified as Zeinab Kazemi was protesting against the nonapproval of her qualifications for the Tehran Engineering Organization due to noncompliance with the hijab law. For months, antiestablishment protesters have called for the overthrow of Iran's clerical regime and demanded greater social and political freedoms. Andrii YATSENKO (UKR), 12-11, BRONZE - Bekzat ALMAZ UULU (KGZ) df. He said the average price of meat was between 2,800,000 and 2,950,000 rials. The level of enriched uranium discovered is just short of the 90 percent needed for the production of nuclear weapons. The names and positions of diplomats were also not given. Why It Matters: The absence of Iranian officials at the conference highlighted Tehran's increasing isolation on the international stage. The government has held several counter-rallies to try and quell the dissent but people continue to take to the streets across the country, as universities and schools have become leading venues for clashes between protesters and the authorities. Connor Bradbury, a senior program assistant at the U.S. Institute of Peace, assembled this report. A teacher from Qom -- which is about 135 kilometers south of the capital Tehran -- told Radio Farda that out of 250 students, about 200 missed classes, presumably from concerns over the illnesses. The 22-year-old died while in custody after being arrested by the notorious morality police for improperly wearing a mandatory Islamic head scarf, or hijab. Looking at the bigger picture, Turkmenistan is perhaps the only non-Russian source of natural gas that has the potential to make the European Unions energy transition more efficient and less expensive, Annette Bohr, an international affairs expert at Chatham House, told RFE/RL. Press TV condemned the propaganda and mudslinging as an extension of foreign media bias against Irans national soccer team during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Sending 4 wrestlers to UWW ranking series tournament, Iranian wrestlers captured 3 gold medals and 1 silver. But the one enticement that Russia has reportedly offered Turkmenistan -- exports to third countries via Iran and its existing gas infrastructure -- would not significantly change Ashgabats regional energy profile. A spokesman for Iran's civilian nuclear program, Behrouz Kamalvandi, sought last week to portray any detection of uranium particles enriched to the level of 84 percent as a momentary side effect of trying to reach a finished product of 60 percent purity. Mens Freestyle: In the final, Kentchadze used a Greco-esk high-dive double-leg to put Kavousi on his back, nearly picking up the fall. A teacher from Qom - which is about 135 kilometers south of the capital Tehran -- told RFE/RL's Radio Farda that out of 250 students, only 50 attended classes. 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. "Todays sanctions list 12 senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) who have participated in gross and systematic human rights violations in Iran, including through the lethal suppression of demonstrations across Kurdish areas of Western Iran," the ministry said in a statement. GOLD - Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM) df. But fundamental problems with the project, including transiting Afghanistan and reservations about the technical capacities of Turkmenistans state gas company Turkmengaz, have not changed, Ruseckas said. Taras MARKOVYCH (UKR), 9-2, BRONZE - Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM) df. 97kg- Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian Her death, which officials blamed on a heart attack, touched off a wave of anti-government protests in cities across the country. More than 200 anti-war protestors gathered outside of the U.S. Consulate in Toronto Saturday. Gazprom did not respond to a request from RFE/RL for comment. Separately, the Ministry of Agriculture on February 21 announced the launch of a plan to combat the sale of overpriced meat. Another parliamentarian from Qom, Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani, suggested that fear and hysteria could have played a role. The Iranian and U.S. wrestling teams have competed in each other's countries more than 30 times in recent years. (illustrative photo). Between 1999 and 2001, U.S. wrestlers won three freestyle World Cups in which Iran came in second. 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. Newspaper Shuttered Burns, however, added that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had apparently not made a decision on resuming the country's "weaponization program that we judge they suspended or stopped at the end of 2003.". 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. The Malay gas field in the eastern Chardjou district of Turkmenistan's Lebap Province. 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