Saeid Mollaei, who was forced to throw fight in order to avoid facing Israel's Sagi Muki in 2019 championship, will represent Mongolia at Grand Slam competition this week

Saeid Mollaei, who was forced to throw fight against Israel’s Sagi Muki, will be representing Mongolia at summer Olympics

World champion Sagi Muki posts photo with Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei at Paris Grand Slam, hopes he will visit Israel

Reports proliferate that taekwondo fighter Kimia Alizadeh has emigrated to the Netherlands and seeks to compete under different flag

'Now I can fully concentrate on judo,' says Saeid Mollaei, who can't return home after exposing his government's pressure to throw matches to avoid Israeli opponents

With Israelis increasingly winning top spots in judo and taekwondo, another discipline in which Iran is a traditional force, the issue is becoming divisive in the country

Iranian Judo Federation chief denounces decision over country's refusal to allow its fighters to face Israeli opponents as 'a blatant betrayal'

Official suspension handed down by International Judo Federation comes after Iranian judoka said he was ordered to throw match to avoid facing Israeli competitor

Tehran says it will appeal disciplinary action by judo governing body, says athlete who broke silence about match-throwing 'intensified problem'

After Iranian athlete was coerced into throwing matches to avoid facing Israeli, and then defected, Islamic Republic banned from all judo competitions and activities