Promising Iranian sportsman has hand removed by Iranian authorities....

The World Under-23 Rowing Championships last week provided a well deserved chance to hear the Iranian national anthem after Mohsen Shadi Naghadeh won the Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls event. His victory was a first for an Iranian rower at any world or Olympic rowing final. World Rowing has a photo of him (below) with silver medallist, Brazilian Ailson Silva and Linus Lichtschlag of Germany who won the bronze.



Press TV reports Mohsen’s win but it would seem that by the time it was reported in Iran his hand and upper arm were removed from the photo.


Now I wonder if it had anything to do with him sporting a certain green wristband thingumybob of the sort that caused a number of Iranian footballers so much grief last month...

I look forward to seeing Mohsen competing at Eton in three years time (the site of 2012 Olympic rowing regatta) unless of course the Iranian authorities don’t do more than crop his photo....