After his escape from Iran, the world judo champion participates in the Israeli championship with the nationality of a new country

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Iranian judo player Saeed Moulay, who fled his country last year due to a dispute over competing against the Israelis, is preparing to participate in the "Grand Slam-Tel Aviv" judo tournament, but with another country's nationality.

"Russia Today" channel, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, "Kan" that Iranian Moulay will participate in the championship under the name of Mongolia, after he was allowed to represent a new country before the Tokyo Olympics, as the International Olympic Committee agreed to change his nationality to become a Mongolian with refugee status.

Said Moulay is considered the world champion of judo at a weight of up to 81 kg for the year 2018, and he fled to Germany after deliberately defying the orders of the Iranian team to lose while defending its title, as Moulay revealed that he had received orders to avoid confronting a high-ranking opponent from Israel.

Since then, Moulay is afraid to return home after he violated government orders to withdraw from the World Championships in Tokyo.

The US State Department commented on the incident in September 2019, by tweeting a spokeswoman for the ministry, Morgan Ortigs, in which she said: "The United States stands by the International Judo Federation with the brave Iranian player Saeed Moulay, who was threatened by the Iranian regime if he did not withdraw from his Israeli rival." .

For its part, the International Judo Federation expressed its dissatisfaction with the incident and rejected what Said Moulay had been exposed to, especially since facts emerged later and announced by the federation about the player receiving the withdrawal order from the Iranian Deputy Sports Minister Davar Zani, indicating that Moulay then received a call from the head of the Iranian Olympic Committee Reza Salehi Amiri, who told him that members of the Iranian security services were at his parents' house.

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