This one came unexpected.
The Iranian National Weightlifting Team posted a photo (24 June) on Facebook showing Behdad Salimi, Kianoush Rostami, Saeid Mohammadpour, Sajjad Anoushiravani, Navab Nassirshalal together with a caption “WE MISS THEM!”.
As to why this happened, they said
They had a trouble with coach
and
Salimi and others don’t want Bagheri! (coach)
This is in line with one of the interviews on Iranian television where Behdad and his coach got into a really heated argument in front of cameras.
In the video Salimi complains, among other things, about the bad language Kourosh Bagheri uses in training. Salimi says that he can’t bear no more disrespecting from the coach. Coach says it’s not true.
If you know more about the story please comment below. There must have been more about this in Iranian media.
Then there was also this video with the description (from April):
Following the verbal attack of Behdad Salimi, Iranian weightlifting Olympic champion, against his coach Kourosh Bagheri on Live TV, the Iranian weightlifting Federation does not take him to Uzbekistan to receive his award as the world’s best weightlifter. Instead Hossein Reza Zadeh the head of Iranian weightlifting Federation receives the award!
Weightlifting News: Iranian Weightlifters Leave / Got Kicked Off Team is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.