Over 10,000 Iranian athletes call for banning US, Israeli teams from all intl. sporting events
In protest to an ongoing war of aggression by a US-Israeli military coalition against Iran, more than 10,000 Iranian athletes have called on the United Nations and sports governing bodies to ban American and Israeli teams from all international sporting events.
In a letter on Tuesday, more than 10,000 Iranian athletes called on the UN chief, the head of International Olympic Committee, the head of International Paralympics Committee, the head of UNESCO and the head of UNICEF to ban sports teams of the warmonger United States and the criminal Zionist regime of Israel from taking part in all international events and competitions.
“We - thousands of Iranian athletes – are writing this letter to you at a time when the humanity is experiencing one of its darkest times. We are burying innocent children, boys and girls, who were unfairly targeted. Only in the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, 165 schoolchildren were killed. We are mourning the death of sailors who were targeted in a surprise strike while they were thousands of kilometers away from the battlefield. We are mourning our dear ones, friends, neighbors, fellow citizens, who were smiling to us until yesterday and now we carry their bodies on our shoulders to bury them,” the letter read.
The letter, submitted by a number of prominent Iranian athletes to Iran’s foreign ministry, came more than two weeks after a US-Israeli military coalition commenced an unprovoked war of aggression against the Iran, killing hundreds of people, including women and children.
The aerial onslaught has also claimed the lives of dozens of athletes, damaged or flattened sporting venues across the country since February 28, when it started with airstrikes targeting senior Iranian leadership figures.
The signatories also called for the suspension of the US and Israeli membership in international Olympic and Paralympic committees.
“Up until now, more than 60 athletes, including six child gymnasts and three skating athletes from the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, have been killed and more than 20 sporting venues and complexes have been attacked,” the letter further read.
The signatories also vowed to defend Iran and stand with the Iranian nation against the ongoing aggression, stressing that only the Iranian nation will emerge victories from this imposed war.
They further called on the addressees to condemn the aggressors and their crimes, and to fulfill their responsibility of defending the humanity and all principles of international conventions aimed at safeguarding human rights.
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