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news Iranian athletes defy threats to back Olympic ban Self-exiled Iranian athletes are urging Olympic organisers to investigate their country over allegations of abuse. Claiming they have endured threats for speaking out, three athletes explain why they won t be deterred. © Mahdi Jafargholizadeh Mahdi Jafargholizadeh won several medals for Iran in international karate tournaments Sitting nervously in an airport, Mahdi Jafargholizadeh had a hunch his getaway plan had been rumbled. A karate champion in Iran, he had paid a smuggler to take him to Canada, but his journey ended at the boarding gate. He was arrested in 2004 on suspicion of planning to be a spy for Israel, Iran s arch-enemy.

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