Iranian Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Mahmoud Goudarzi has stepped down after more thanthree years in office, a ministryofficial says. The ministrys director general for public relations and information,Mazyar Nazemi, told IRNA on Tuesday that Goudarzi has announced his resignation in a meeting with his deputies. Following Goudarzis ...

Iran Football Medical Assessment and Rehabilitation Center (IFMARC) opened Monday, attended by Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mahmoud Goudarzi and FIFA representative in Iran national football team training camp.     By ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Mahmoud Goudarzi and his Indonesian counterpart, Imam Nahrawi, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), as part of efforts to boost cooperation between the two Islamic nations in sports areas. The cooperation agreement was signed during a meeting between the two ministers here in the ...

The Olympic Council of Asia has selected Iran to host the upcoming West Asian Games, the OCA president has said. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah made the announcement on Thursday following the 66th OCA Executive Board Meeting in Tehran. The Games are planned to be held in the Persian Gulf island of Kish in southern Iran while an exact date has ...

[caption id="attachment_150149" align="alignright" width="200"] Flags of Iran & Belarus[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Belarusian Ambassador to Tehran Victor Reebok underlined the necessity for providing the ground for broadening relations with Iran. Reebok made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mahmoud Goudarzi ...

Tehran, Jan 19, IRNA Australian Ambassador to Tehran Paul Foley said on Monday that Asian Cup 2015 depict a very good image of Iran in the minds of Australians as Iranian footballers are very good diplomats. The Australian ambassador made the remarks in a meeting with Minister of Sports and the Youth Mahmoud Godarzi. Iran and Australia should help ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Ministries of Sports and Youth of Iran and Iraq will sign an agreement for the promotion and strengthening of bilateral relations and cooperation in sport. Iraqi Minister of Sports and Youth Abdul Hussein Abtan arrived in Tehran on Tuesday to meet his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Goudarzi. The Iraqi delegation will visit Azadi Sports ...

Iran's minister of sports and youth, Mahmoud Goudarzi, said that they are ready to help the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) to extend Carlos Queiroz's contract. Queiroz has recently revealed that the IFF had offered him the chance to stay, but the former Portugal coach believes financial restrictions mean that he cannot take Iran any further. "I ...

Tehran, May 31, IRNA Iran?s Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Mahmoud Goudarzi and visiting Philippine Sports Commission Chair Ricardo Garcia on Saturday signed a MoU on cooperation in field of sports. The two officials called Iran-Philippines relations as friendly and underscored the need for development of all out ties between the two countries....

TEHRAN, April 9 (MNA) Iran and Azerbaijan signed three memoranda of understanding and an agreement in Saadabad Palace. Hassan Rouhani thanked the Azerbaijani delegation and said that he had met Mr. Aliyev for the first time in Davos Summit and they had made important decisions on the Summit. I would tell the Iranians that today Iran and Azerbaijan ...

TEHRAN -Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says he will support the Iranian athletes competing in the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil and the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. In a two-hour meeting with Rouhani in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Mahmoud Goudarzi explained the Iranian football teams preparation process for the World ...

This week, Irans minister of sports and youth, Mahmoud Goudarzi, appointed Amir Reza Khadem, former wrestling world champion and member of the Tehran City Council as the ministrys special representative in the process of privatization of Tehrans most prestigious soccerclubs, Persepolis and Esteghlal. This appointment was welcomed by leading stakeholders ...

Tehran, Feb 15, IRNA Renowned Argentinean Head Coach of Iranian men?s national volleyball team Julio Velasco who has been summoned home to lead his country?s national team bid farewell to the team that he competently coached since 2011. The Iranian Sports and Youth Minister Mahmoud Goudarzi was present in the farewell ceremony of Velasco, which was ...