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A 41-year-old shooter has so far won the only medal for Iran at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Javadas Foroughi.
In the men’s 10-meter pistol classification, the Iranian scored 580 points, ranked fifth and made it to the final eight. There, J. Foroughi scored as much as 244.8 points, improved the Olympic record and won a gold medal.
A few days after Foroughi’s triumph, word spread that an Iranian belonged to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. According to the South Korean media, this is a terrorist organization.
“The fact that Javad Forough received the gold is not only a disaster for Iran and the sporting community at large, but also a great shame for the International Olympic Committee. Foroughi, 41, has long been a member of a terrorist group. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is responsible for the murder of Iranian people and protesters, as well as the shooting of innocent people in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. The United States considers this group a terrorist. We demand that the International Olympic Committee initiate the investigation as soon as possible and withdraw the gold medal until the investigation is complete, “the report said.
A world record holder who did not reach the final Jin Jong-Ehas He also had something to say on the subject: “How can a terrorist win first place? This is utter nonsense. A kind of circus. “
The International Olympic Committee, in response to the reports, said it was awaiting evidence that Foroughi was indeed a member of a terrorist organization.
Korean shooter Jin Jong-oh has called Iranian gold medalist Javad Foroughi “a terrorist” and questioned why he was allowed to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Foroughi is a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran labeled a terrorist organization by the United States in 2019. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/aeXJOTPxsI
– Rakesh Thiyyan (yByRakeshSimha) July 31, 2021
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