Iranian wrestler who saw ayatollah abuse athletes defends American women speaking out against trans inclusion

Former Iranian wrestler Sardar Pashaei condemned alleged institutional attempts at silencing female athletes who object to the protection of women's sports from transgender athletes in America.

Former Iranian wrestling champion Sardar Pashaei witnessed female athletes from his country face lashings simply for being seen without a hijab.

Now, he is also witnessing mistreatment of female athletes in America in a different way. 

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Pashaei objects to the alleged silencing and retaliation against American female athletes who have spoken up for the protection of women's sports from biological male trans athletes.

"For me, it's not really acceptable if I hear that people will be silenced when they think that something is unfair to them," Pashaei told Fox News Digital.

"I'm against silencing athletes. If they have a concern, if they think that something is not fair for them, because as an athlete, you know, you have to have a lot of discipline, spend a lot of energy to get to that level, and then you know, this is your dream to become a world champion or an Olympic champion. So for all of athletes, it should be an equal opportunity and also atmosphere that everybody can speak and also share any concern that they have." 

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Pashaei, who won the 1998 World Youth Wrestling Championship, has also urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to exercise vigilance in protecting the women's category. 

"I think the International Olympic Committee should pay attention to this and also based on the scientific norm, try to create an equal field opportunity for everybody to compete," he said. 

"And