Photos: Commemoration of Rio medal winners
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani commemorated Rio Olympics medal winners, including Kimia Alizadeh, Hassan Yazdani and Kianoush Rostami. By IRNA
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A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on August 20
Newspapers on Saturday highlighted the Bronze medal won by Iranian female taekwondo player, Kimia Alizadeh, as the first-ever medal for Iranian women.…
Iran’s Hassan Rahimi wins bronze in Rio 2016 wrestling
Rio, Aug 20, IRNA — Iran’s wrestler Hassan Rahimi has won a bronze medal in the 57-kilogram category of Rio 2016 Olympic…
Iran’s Yazdani aces Olympics freestyle wrestling bouts, clinches gold
Iranian freestyle wrestlers Hassan Yazdani Cherati and Hassan Rahimi have adeptly employed a mix of primal hand-to-hand combat and complex tactics at the wrestling…
Iran’s Alizadeh wins Olympic taekwondo bronze in -57kg class
Iran’s Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin has won the bronze medal in the -57kg class of taekwondo competitions at the Rio 2016 Olympics, becoming the first Iranian woman to win…
Iran’s volleyball team bid farewell to Rio 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Experiencing its first time in Olympics, Iran’s national volleyball team failed to reach the top…
Taekwondo gold hopeful eliminated in surprise
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (MNA) – Much vaunted taekwondo star has taken Iranians by surprise of his untimely defeat in the…
Rezaei bags Greco-Roman bronze medal in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (MNA) – Iran’s 98kg athlete Ghasem Rezaei who was a hope for gold medal ended up in…
Iran’s Behdad Salimi breaks world record in Rio 2016 weightlifting
Iran’s Behdad Salimi broke the world record in the snatch weightlifting of the Men’s over 105-kilogram class at the Rio 2016 Olympics…
Iranian athletes to start competing in Rio on Aug 6
Rio, Aug 4, IRNA – Iranian athletes are slated to compete in shooting, table tennis, sailing and cycling fields on August 6…
Greco-Roman wrestler Hamid Sourian secures olympic berth
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Hamid Sourian won a ticket for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the qualifying tournament in Istanbul…
I want to win gold in Rio, Kianoush Rostami says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Kianoush Rostami said that he is going to win a gold medal in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de…