releases: https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/8/issues/national-security/blackburn-op-ed-why-is-iran-at-the-olympics
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| https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/8/issues/national-security/blackburn-op-ed-why-is-iran-at-the-olympics | Blackburn Op-Ed: Why Is Iran At The Olympics? | 2024-08-09 | 2024 | 2024-08 | Republican | Senate | TN | Marsha Blackburn | B001243 | www.blackburn.senate.gov | blackburn | https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/news/cc8c80c1-d564-4bbb-93a4-f1d772346ae0 | scraper | NASHVILLE, Tenn. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) wrote the following op-ed in OutKick questioning why Iran – a country plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump – is allowed to compete in the Olympic Games, which celebrate international unity, cooperation, and peace. Why Is Iran At The Olympics? Senator Marsha Blackburn OutKick Should a country enjoy the honor of participating in the Olympic Games — long defined by its aspirations of fostering international unity, cooperation, and peace — while plotting the assassination of a former U.S. president? As more than three dozen athletes carried the banner of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Friday during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made its answer clear: Absolutely. While Iran’s athletes have been practicing to compete in everything from archery and canoeing to weightlifting and wrestling, the authoritarian regime has been busy with a much more vile effort: conspiring to murder former President Donald Trump, a revelation from U.S. authorities that came just days after the failed assassination attempt on the president in Butler, Pennsylvania. While deeply troubling, the Iranian plot, which the regime so far denies, should come as no surprise. For years, the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism has plotted assassinations against senior Trump administration officials, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton, resulting in federal charges against a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. IOC allows Iran to participate in Olympics | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-07T21:36:13Z |