Monstrous 25st ‘Iranian Hulk’ will fight the jihadists alongside his country’s army
Larger-than-life Iranian will turn his hand to fighting as he volunteers to take on ISIS
A MONSTROUS weightlifter dubbed the "Iranian Hulk" has confirmed he will join Iranian forces fighting ISIS on the battlefield.
Larger-than-life Sajad Gharibi, 24, reportedly weighs a staggering 25-stone, with much of his bulk made up of muscle.
The volunteer soldier, himself an Iranian, told his roughly 127,000 Twitter followers he will now do his bit to wipe out ISIS.
Heavily-stacked Gharibi puts much of his size down to genetics, and had to push aside rumours he was fridge-raiding ISIS executioner The Bulldozer.
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The "Iranian Hercules" has become a cult figure on Instagram where he regularly posts about his weightlifting.
Enormous Gharibi can lift a staggering 180kg - which is surprisingly even more than what he weighs - and is a competitive powerflifter.
The weightlifter has also taken part in bodybuilding competitions across Iran.
Gharibi has quickly become an internet sensation after attracting a substantial social media following.
He writes in his mother tongue, but uses hashtags such as #strongman, #strongbody, #big. #muscles, and #powerful on Twitter and Instagram.
His big muscles may also be accompanied by a big sense of humour, as sometimes Gharibi will pose with normal objects such as a can of "Fanta" to show how small it is when compared with his frame.