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One of the iconic villain wrestlers was the Iron Sheik. His real name was Hossein Vaziri. Vaziri was born in Iran and became a national Iranian hero during the reign of the Shah, as wrestling is one of the most popular sports in Iran. In his youth, he idolized Iranian Olympic Gold-Medalist wrestler Gholamreza Takhti. Takhti was politically outspoken. Takhti reportedly took his own life, but Vaziri was convinced he was murdered by the Iranian Government for being politically outspoken. When the Shah was deposed, Vaziri, who served as the Shah’s bodyguard for some years, immediately fled Iran and he eventually landed in professional wrestling in the United States. What happened to Gold-Medalist Takhti, and did Vaziri do the wise thing in fleeing his country? What can Creator tell us?
ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • 
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