{"id":7,"date":"2023-03-04T20:24:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T20:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golestanparastproductions.com\/wrestlingwithiran\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-06-26T00:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:20:41","slug":"wrestling-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/golestanparastproductions.com\/wrestlingwithiran\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7\" class=\"elementor elementor-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-651a921 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"651a921\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8930152\" data-id=\"8930152\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ee3ad9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ee3ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>GOLESTAN &#8211; PARAST \u00a0PRODUCTIONS \u00a0PRESENTS<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-665682e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"665682e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4164fa1\" data-id=\"4164fa1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f90a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28f90a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\">Wrestling with Iran<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-305a214 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"305a214\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Gotham, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #e7c478\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px\">A PATHWAY TO PEACE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03addac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03addac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">A FILM BY JAHANGIR GOLESTAN-PARAST<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-135ca5a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"135ca5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Decades of anger. And one wrestling mat where, &nbsp;for a few unforgettable minutes, none of it mattered.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce21a0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce21a0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><em><b>In a world that keeps choosing war, one man chose something harder. He chose hope.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f99a5a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f99a5a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #e7c478\">WRESTLING WITH IRAN<\/span> is the true, first-person journey of Jahangir Golestan-Parast, an award-winning documentary filmmaker who was born and raised in Iran and has lived in the United States for over 30 years. Jahangir refuses to accept that these two nations must remain enemies forever. Armed with nothing but love for both countries and an unshakable belief in people, he set out to showcase the sport of wrestling and how it brings the United States and Iran together.<\/p><p>What he found on the mat will stay with you long after the film ends. An American champion and an Iranian competitor, fierce rivals seconds earlier, walking off together arm in arm. No politics. No borders. Just two people who looked each other in the eye and saw a brother.<\/p><p>This is the story of the zurkhaneh, Iran&#8217;s ancient House of Strength, where the strongest men in the room are taught to bow the lowest. Where power means nothing without humility, and victory means nothing without respect. It is a side of Iran the world is almost never allowed to see.<\/p><p>Right now, no film offers a real pathway to peace for the conflict tearing these nations apart. WRESTLING WITH IRAN fills that silence with a message so simple it is easy to forget: that compassion and understanding are not weakness. They are the only thing that has ever ended a war for good.<\/p><p>We do not know how this conflict will end. But we know that when the fighting stops, someone will have to rebuild what was broken between these two peoples. This film is where that work begins. One handshake. One match. One human being recognizing another.<\/p><p style=\"margin: 0px;font-size: 10.1px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0700792 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0700792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>That is our goal. And we cannot reach it without you.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e55cbde elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e55cbde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc82cf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc82cf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>JOIN US<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b473648 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b473648\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Help bring this story to the world.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-040f235 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"040f235\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\">WRESTLING WITH IRAN arrives in late 2026, and we need you with us. Every donation, large or small, brings this story one step closer to the people who need to hear it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1d4f86 elementor-align-center elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c1d4f86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/golestanparastproductions.allyrafundraising.com\/campaigns\/12609-please-support-the-wrestling-with-iran-documentary-with-a-tax-deductible-donation\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">DONATE<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c4926 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"04c4926\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa2a9e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa2a9e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d351a65\" data-id=\"d351a65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f48a9e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f48a9e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Gotham, sans-serif;font-size: medium\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #e7c478\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px\">WATCH THE TRAILER<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c1e99e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2c1e99e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1093547729?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20cf77c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20cf77c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>If this message moved you, share it. Every person who watches, gives, and passes it on brings us one step closer to peace.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d31599a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d31599a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>\u00a9 2026 GOLESTAN-PARAST PRODUCTIONS \u00b7 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOLESTAN &#8211; PARAST \u00a0PRODUCTIONS \u00a0PRESENTS Wrestling with Iran A PATHWAY TO PEACE A FILM BY JAHANGIR GOLESTAN-PARAST Two nations. Decades of anger. And one wrestling mat where, &nbsp;for a few unforgettable minutes, none of it mattered. In a world that keeps choosing war, one man chose something harder. He chose hope. 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