Iran Olympic weightlifting champion Kianoush Rostami don put em gold medal up for auction to take raise money for the victims of Sunday earthquake wey leave at least 452 people dead for Iran and Iraq.
The 7.3-magnitude quake wey struck for the remote border area between Iran and Iraq on Sunday leave thousands of people injured hundreds of villages destroyed.
The earthquake, wey be the deadliest of the year, dem feel am as far away as Turkey and Pakistan.
Rostami, wey win gold for the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016, yan say the disaster don leave am desperate to help those em affect.
He yan say, 'I consider it my duty to take a step, however small, to help my beloved fellow countrymen who have suffered as a result of the quake. I am returning the gold medal, which is theirs by right, to my people. I will auction off the medal and use the proceeds to help the quake victims."
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