Mostafa Rajaei, a veteran weightlifter, finished second in his category in the 2023 World Master Weightlifting Championships in Poland and stood on a podium with an Iranian flag wrapped around him on Saturday.

On anther step of the podium stood Maksim Svirsky from Israel, who finished third.

The two athletes shook hands and took a picture together, which led to the Iran Weightlifting Federation banning Rajaei from all sports for life due to what it called an “unforgivable” transgression.

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[–] krayj@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are opposed to even the most basic form of civility. Yeah, we already knew that, this just makes it clear to the doubters.

[–] rjs001@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago

That’s ridiculous. Zionists should be lucky if people don’t shake their hands and should be greatful they aren’t punched. Iran would be civil by refusing to engage with the evil Zionists. Do you think the Zionists are being civil when they kill Palestinians?