An Iranian power-lifter, nicknamed after a Marvel superhero, has become an international social
media star with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram. Sajad Gharibi has also volunteered
to join Iranian forces fighting alongside the Assad regime in Syria.
An Iranian weightlifter who rose to Internet stardom via social media announced this week he plans to travel to Syria to fight the Islamic State alongside the regime of Syrian President Bashar al‐Assad.
Sajad Gharibi, nicknamed “the Iranian Hulk,” revealed his plan to join other Iranian forces fighting in Syria in a video clip to his 148,000 Instagram followers. His shockingly huge physique and massive muscles earned the professional weightlifter the moniker of the American comic book superhero.
Gharibi has become a popular figure among Iranians after he started posting Instagram pictures and video clips of himself flexing and lifting weights.
But the recent announcement from the 24-year-old behemoth, who is also known as “the Persian Hercules,” brings renewed attention to Iran's ongoing involvement in Syria. Tehran has supplied aid to the Assad regime and dispatched to the battlefront fighters from its elite Revolutionary Guards and Shiite proxy militias.
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