Hossein Rasouli
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| Born | December 22, 1999 Komijan, Iran[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Iran | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 62.62[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Hossein Rasouli (Persian: حسین رسولی, born December 22, 1999) is an Iranian discus thrower. He became the champion of Asian Junior Athletics Championships in 2018.[3] Rasouli became Iran 2022 Athletic Championships's runner-up after Ehsan Haddadi in 2022.
Allegations of sexual assault
In June 2025, Hossein Rasouli and Amir Moradi, the coach of the Iranian national athletics team, along with a national athlete named Masoud Kamran, were arrested during the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on charges of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old Korean woman. According to reports, the three men met the woman at a bar, took her to a hotel near the athletes' village, and allegedly assaulted her. South Korean police arrested them at the scene following the complaint. The investigation is ongoing.[4]
References
- ^ "دیدار حسین رسولی، قهرمان پرتاب دیسک جهان، با فرماندار شهرستان کمیجان".
- ^ "Iranian discus thrower crowned at Asian c'ships".
- ^ "Rasouli takes surprise discus win at Asian Junior Championships".
- ^ "Sexual scandal involving Iran's national athletics team in South Korea". Rouydad24.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2 June 2025.