Voices: Iranian Judo scandal
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Iran&#39;s Judo champion, a favourite at the Athens Games, has disqualified himself rather than face an Israeli opponent, apparently on the instruction of Iran&#39;s Olympic Committee. So far the International Olympic Committee has been silent. What&#39;s your view? ...
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Iran has freed on bail a U.S.-Iranian peace activist, Ali Shakeri, the last of four dual nationals to be released after they were detained on security-related charges, an Iranian news agency reported.
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Iran condemned on Sunday the awarding of a knighthood to British author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" prompted Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa death warrant for him.
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TEHRAN: Iran yesterday accused the US of violating international law by allegedly listening in on telephone calls between the head of the UN&#39;s nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei and Iranian diplomats.
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Iranian citizens are forbidden from travelling to Israel and Hashemian&#39;s potential visit had caused controversy. &quot;Their presence as part of a foreign team is a new issue and will have to be discussed,&quot; he added.
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Iran defied the Olympic spirit on Sunday  by refusing to contest a judo bout with an Israeli at the  Athens Games, making no effort to hide the fact it was putting  solidarity with the Palestinians before gold medals.
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Iran&#39;s heavyweight weightlifting champion Pahlavan Hossein Rezazadeh once again won one of the olympic games&#39; most precious gold medals.
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Back home on a farm in Uzbekistan, Navbahor Imamova's mother and siblings crowd around their cranky, Soviet-made radio and tune in daily to Voice of America broadcasts in Uzbek. Though frequently scrambled by Chinese martial music, the VOA journalist said, the broadcast is her family's chief source...
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ATHENS-In one of the biggest shocks in Olympic judo history, defending champion Kosei Inoue was defeated by Dutchman Elco van der Geest in the men&#39;s 100-kilogram category Thursday.
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La rigida censura iraniana consente la distribuzione di un album della grande band inglese, la prima occidentale che potrÃ  essere ascoltata nella repubblica islamica. Unico limite, nessuna canzone d&#39;amore. Roma, 23 agosto 2004 - Qualcosa sta cambiando.
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By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI NEW YORK - When Iranian journalist Mojtaba Saminejad was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the country's Supreme Leader, it was not for an article that appeared in a newspaper. His offending story was posted on his personal Web blog.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for liberal and secular university lecturers to be removed.
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Iran's Arash Miresmaili withdraws from the Olympics amid confusion over his reasons.
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Iran&#39;s transparent decision to boycott head-to-head competitions against Israeli athletes is an assault on the Olympic ideal. It needs to be dealt with swiftly and sternly. Instead, the International Judo Federation could not find enough executive members ...
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When Iranian journalist Mojtaba Saminejad was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the country's Supreme Leader, it was not for an article that appeared in a newspaper. His offending story was posted on his personal Web blog.
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A diplomatic wrangle of Olympic  proportions was avoided Sunday when Iranian world judo champion  Arash Miresmaeili failed to make the weight for his clash with  an Israeli opponent.
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Editor. This article is from the political-economic monthly IRAN FOCUS, published by the UK based Menas Associates. For more on Menas Associates please visit www.