Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (حسین خسرو وزیری), born March 15, 1943, in Tehran, Iran[1], is a retired Iranian professional wrestler better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik. He is known for ending the near six year World Wrestling Federation Championship reign of Bob Backlund and for being the man Hulk Hogan defeated for his first WWF Championship, setting off the Golden Age of professional wrestling. He was also a bodyguard for the Shah of Iran's family several years while they still lived in Iran. In 2005, Khosrow was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
| We salute you | 12-May |
| شب همبستگی | 12-May |
| Khanom e lisanseh | 12-May |
| Legacy, tradition and perseverance | 12-May |
| Viva España! | 12-May |
| Title | Date | Comments |
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| Bomb Iran Now | May 08 | 110 |
| Iranian.com Gets A New Look | May 04 | 58 |
| Shari Rafia | May 06 | 49 |
| To keep it the Persian Gulf | May 07 | 47 |
| Not pan-Turkism | May 05 | 44 |
| Person | About | Day |
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| Mahdiyeh Javid | Graduation, American University, Washington DC | May 12 |
| Mahrokh Milani | Happy Mother's Day | May 09 |
| Sheema Kalbasi | Indie Excellence Award | May 09 |
| Marvin Kharrazi | Iranian-American Jewish comedian | May 09 |
| UK Iranian marriage | Nellia Nafissi and Davood Fallahdar | May 08 |
| Shari Rafia | Son serving in Iraq | May 06 |
| Tissa Hami | Iranian-American comedian on "The View" | May 06 |
| Vanecha Roudbaraki (2) | PART 2: Focus on artist at Florence Biennale 2007 | May 02 |
| Vanecha Roudbaraki | PART 1: Focus on artist at Florence Biennale 2007 | May 02 |
| Tajik on TV | Iranian-born Miss Universe Canada on entertainment news | May 01 |
Can You Say "STAGED"?
by Kaveh Nouraee on Tue Apr 08, 2008 05:54 PM CDTThis was of course a completely fictitious and staged scenario.
I am pretty certain that Sheik took them all out for chelokabab after the show.
Oh, and "John Carpenter"? The likelihood of your quaint little anecdote having any basis in truth is nil. You have already said on previous posts that John Carpenter is in fact your real name, therefore there is no way that any Customs Inspector would either ask you about your ethinicity or take some half-hearted guess that you are "ethnicly Iranian", let alone engage you in a conversation about the Iron Sheikh or recruit you for the CIA.
(For the record, it's spelled "ethnically")
In short, whatever your name is, you've been exposed for the fraud you are yet again.
sheik you go
by Anonymousshik (not verified) on Mon Apr 07, 2008 05:36 PM CDTdont worry abot Ironshick, worry about the real sheik who wants your money and every thing.
look at iran and learn a lesson. now who is real badbakht?
in case you were wondering,
by azadi5 (not verified) on Mon Apr 07, 2008 05:35 PM CDTin case you were wondering, that other guy was also a wrestler who was at WCW. I think this whole thing was staged, but anyway, Sheik is funny. Iran #1.
funny
by MRX1 (not verified) on Mon Apr 07, 2008 03:26 PM CDTreminded me of the good old days of WWF. The best part is him calling the other guy " Khar and so on"
for an American its hard to distinguish between Arab and Persian
by luciferous (not verified) on Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:16 PM CDTand her/his ignoranze is sold so as if it is the fault of Iranians and of Arabs and not of her/his dumbness.
Shah's bodyguard? Pleeeease.
by Lucifercus (not verified) on Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:09 PM CDTWhy not? it is not fully unprobable. After his majesty was pulled out of Iran some fotos of his bodyguards could be observed in the media. As far as I remember they looked all somehow criminal and in someway looked like killers. I was sad for his majesty and thought: From Piecock throne to these people? simultaneously I thought: Every body makes his desteny partly by her/himself. I put a lot of stock in what is claimed in "IRANIAN". Claiming in "IRANIAN" is the only thing, the only possibility. The poeple do and can not tolerate more frustration than they allready have.
To: J.C.
by Saeed K. (not verified) on Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:04 AM CDTHow is a "CBP officer at JFK Airport" expected to know what branch of Islam the prisoners at Guantanamo follow?(By the way, not all are Sunni moslems there!)
And I wouldn't put much stock in what Iron Sheik claims to have been.
Shah's bodyguard?
Pleeeease.
Hossein "Iron Sheikh Vaziri is a REAL Iranian!
by John Carpenter (not verified) on Mon Apr 07, 2008 08:36 AM CDTI was in New York and a Home Land Security Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer looked at me and asked me if I am "ethnicly Iranian". At the vague question, I replied, "yes". Knowing full well that Iran is filled with several different ethnicities. Handing the dude my American passport he asked me, "What visa do you think the Iran Sheikh has in order to enter the US?". I replied he probably has a "US passport and is a US Citizen". The CBP officer at JFK Airport said, "How did you know?". I replied, "him being the Shah's body guard... he either came to the US as a refugee/asylee or married an American woman. The CBP officer looked at me and said the "CIA" should hire you. I replied the "CIA" has better things to do in Guantanamo Bay with the many Iranian Shia Muslims stored there.
The CBP officer replied, "your absolutely right".
Go figure even the federal police officers at JFK are clueless that Al-Qaedeh are Sunni Wahabbis not Shia Muslims. No wonder a bunch of Saudi clowns were able to hijack 2 planes and smash them into the WTC on 9/11.
Iron Sheikh is a clown actor playing a role. His audience laughs. Unfortunately, he spreads the false notion of what an Iranian is. There are Iranian Arabs, who are minorities in Iran, living in Khuzestan, but none of them dress like the Iron Sheikh.
Iron Sheikh just perpetuates the derogatory myth about Iranians.
Chic advice... :0)
by Iron Sheik (not verified) on Mon Apr 07, 2008 02:37 AM CDTI loved all those fake interviews with him when he gets excited and starts sworing at Hulk and other guys...:0)
In one of them he goes something like :
"1. I Get him in a suplex 2. Then put him in the camel clutch 3. Break his back 4. FcUk his a$$ 5. Make him humble........ LOL :0) You son of a beeeeeeeech..........."
pahlavan vaziri rules!!!!
by JAVID IRAON SHEIK! (not verified) on Mon Apr 07, 2008 01:33 AM CDTpahlavan vaziri rules!!!!
The Last two posts
by Defenders of Iron Sheik? (not verified) on Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:44 PM CDTdefending the Iron Sheikh is exactly why as a melat we are badbahkt.
Give it a rest
by Iva (not verified) on Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:23 PM CDTHe is an actor, acting whatever is in the script. Do you get angry with anyone acting the negative part?! No, you are not ... you just sensitive because he is Iranian born .. if he was not and yet acted as Iranian, you would't even think twice about it.
Iron sheik the man
by Anonymoushosh (not verified) on Sun Apr 06, 2008 09:28 PM CDTlisten to all of you judges.
first of all when you say badbakht only count yourself in, not everyone is as pathetic.
also iron sheik is not obligated to live his life according to your standards. if fact when i read your comments i figure iron has a lot more in him than anyone here who is condemning a man who lives his life the way he has chosen for himself.
you always worry about how others think you should live your life, that is true bad fortune.
mind your own and live the great Iron alone.
Dear Ali P.
by IRANdokht on Sun Apr 06, 2008 09:25 PM CDTLet's just say that we didn't agree on his mistreatment of the Sun&Lion flag and I slowly walked away when I saw that "havaa passeh" lol
I am not a fighter...
:0)
IRANdokht
Iron Sheik is now destitute and scraping for pennies...
by Internets on Sun Apr 06, 2008 07:38 PM CDTAfter years of drug addiction and abuse (both the medical and the narcotic types), years of alcohol addiction and abuse, The Iron Sheik is now nothing more than a destitute has-been "showman", trying to scrape for pennies.
Those who listen the Howard Stern show on Sirius Satellite Radio, would have heard the Iron Sheik making a few appearances on the Stern show, in this past few month. On top of that, he also tours with The Killers of Comedy who are associated with the Howard Stern show. His primary skit is to get drunk and then shout profanities at the audiance, Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior and the Macho Man Randy Savage, among his other favorite targets.
He also always seems to sport a Gold Medal of some sort which he consistently brags about, but I know that he was never an Olympic wrestling gold medalist.
The Sheik is now nothing but a sad and tiring old clown.
IRANdokht v. IRONsheik
by Ali P. on Sun Apr 06, 2008 04:17 PM CDTLoud voice my foot...I bet " shosteesh gozaashteesh kenaar", didn't you?!
:-)
Ali P.
21 years ago
by bahram9821 on Sun Apr 06, 2008 03:51 PM CDTThis is not a recent clip (21 years ago), he was on Jerry show and arrested for drugs in 1987.
This guy is a disgrace!
by farrad02 on Sun Apr 06, 2008 03:32 PM CDTWhat an idiot! Anything for a buck?!
Ajab Melati Badbahkti hastim
by Aberoo harchi Irani hast bord (not verified) on Sun Apr 06, 2008 02:41 PM CDTClearly, the Iron Sheik has ran out of money.
What else would explain a 60 something year old Iranian man coming on Jerry Springer and admitting he is sleeping with some American trailer park trash.
Oh, and I love how the Iron Sheik wears Arab garb. I guess for an American its hard to distinguish between Arab and Persian...yeah I get it, its part of his act.
he almost hit me!
by IRANdokht on Sun Apr 06, 2008 01:42 PM CDTI ran into him during a trip to Canada about 20 years ago, when I asked him how much money it took for someone to bring his country's flag where people can boo it and spit on it... I guess I got him really mad LOL He responded to me in such loud voice that other wrestlers even stepped back in horror. I guess he had never thought of it in those terms...
IRANdokht
LMFAO..... 'you met him at
by AnonymousBoo (not verified) on Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:25 PM CDTLMFAO..... 'you met him at the 7-11' good for a laught... great find.
Iran Sheik on Jerry Springer
by Ali P. on Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:22 PM CDTHere's yet another proud moment for Iranians in America...
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