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Head of Iran's Olympic Committee Implicated in Murder of Prisoners
(Jerusalem Post) Benjamin Weinthal - Sardar Pashaei, the former head coach of Iran's Greco-Roman wrestling team and a world gold medalist who now live in the U.S., tweeted last week: "Is the Olympics aware that there are horrific reports about Seyed Reza Salehi, the president of the NOC (National Olympic Committee) of Iran? During his time as senior director at the ministry of intelligence, he went by the name of Seyed Reza Fallah and was involved in the torture and murder of prisoners." "We, the Iranian athletes, call on the Olympics to ban [him]... from attending the Tokyo 2020."