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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President applauds Iranian Olympic athletes
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised the country’s athletes who took part in the Rio Olympic Games for bringing glory…
Leader honors Rio Olympic delegation
TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution has issued a message to hail Iran’s Rio Olympic delegation especially medalist…
Iran’s Olympic squad finishes 25th with 8 medals
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 21 (MNA) – The Iranian sports caravan managed to collect eight medals in 2016 Rio Olympic Games in…
Iran’s freestyle wrestler Nasiri eliminated from Rio 2016 Olympics
Iranian freestyle wrestler Meisam Abolfazl Nasiri has had to bid farewell to the the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, following an early defeat at the world’s…
Weekly report: Kimia Alizadeh Iran’s 1st female Olympic medalist
August 21, The Iran Project – Trip of Burundi Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Alain Aimé Nyamitwe to Iran, Russian President’s…
Iran’s last Taekwondo hope fades
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s Sajjad Mardani who had a good start in his first match ended up defeated…
Ghasemi vice-champion in 125kg freestyle
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iranian heavyweight wrestler Komeil Ghasemi conceded a defeat against his Russian rival though he bagged…
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…
President Rouhani congratulates Olympics medal winner Kimia Alizadeh
Tehran, Aug 19, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani in a message congratulated bronze medal winner of Rio Olympics Taekwondo competition Miss Kimia…
Photos: Iran wins first women Olympics medal
Iranian taekwondoka Kimia Alizadeh won bronze medal in Rio 2016 Olympics, first medal in the history of Iran’s women Olympics sports. …
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…
Hammer throwers unsuccessful in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (MNA) – Iran’s record holder in hammer throw has disappointed his fans by standing in 27th place…
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…
Official lashes out at Jury’s ‘misjudgment’ in Olympics weightlifting contest
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17, IRNA – Head of Iran Weightlifting Federation Ali Moradi said that the Jury’s ‘unjust’ decision against Iranian…
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…
Iran Greco-Roman wrestler bids farewell to Rio Olympics
Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Bashir Babajanzadeh Darzi has finished his campaign at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after his dream for a repechage competition…
Iranian weightlifter lands 6th in Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 16 (MNA) – Mohammadreza Barari of Iran only managed to stand in the sixth place of Men’s 105…
Iran’s Akhlaghi out of Rio Olympics wrestling bouts
In a shocking upset for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s contingent at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Greco-Roman wrestler and medal hope Habibollah Akhlaghi has…
Iran Volleyball Team Loses to Russia at Olympics
RIO (Tasnim) – Iran was defeated against defending Olympic champion Russia in straight sets (25-23, 25-16, 25-20) in Pool B of the…
Iran’s fastest sprinter misses Olympic final
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – Hassan Taftian finished last in the semifinal round of Men’s 100m and eliminated from 2016 Rio Olympics.…
Iranian wrestler bags bronze in men’s Greco-Roman wrestling
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15, IRNA – Iranian wrestler Saeid Abdevali snatched a bronze medal in the men’s Greco-Roman 75-kilogram category early…
Iranian discus thrower Ehsan Hadadi fails to qualify
RIO (Tasnim) – Holder of the London Olympic silver medal Ehsan Hadadi failed to qualify in the men’s discus throw in Rio…
Second judoka eliminated in Rio
RIO DE JANIERO, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s second judoka has been defeated by his Belgian rival only to be eliminated in…
Khedmati advances to final in 50m rifle 3 positions
RIO DE JANIERO, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s Najmeh Khedmati has advanced to final round of women’s 50m rifle 3 positions in…
Abedini just short of bronze medal
RIO DE JANIERO, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s only fencer who has been a surprise by defeating world’s great figures has just…
Abedini in sabre semi-finals
RIO DE JANIERO, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Iran’s Mojtaba Abedini has gained his third precious victory in Men’s sabre fencing matches in…
First Judoka eliminated in Rio
RIO DE JANIERO, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iran’s first judoka representative has been eliminated with a defeat from Russian athlete on Tuesday…
Abedini beats Gu, qualifies for quarterfinals
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Iran’s Mojtaba Abedini on Wed. qualified for the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games sabre fencing…
‘Ghader Mizbani’ ranks 31st in Rio time trial
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Iran’s Ghader Mizbani has finished his time trial cycling-road in Rio Olympics 2016, ranking 31st…
Abedini beats Ukraine, Pakdaman loses to Germany
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Iran’s Mojtaba Abedini defeated his Ukrainian opponent in Men’s Individual Sabre Fencing at Rio Olympics…
Iran’s flagbearer Nemati eliminated from Olympics
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian archer Zahra Nemati, who carried the country’s flag in the opening ceremony, was eliminated by the Russian Inna…
Iranian swimmer fails to reach semifinals
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Iran’s youngest representative in Rio Olympics Nasimi Shad was unsuccessful in reaching semifinal round of…
Iran heroically fights just to be defeated in last minute
TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Iran’s volleyball national squad have fought heroically, equaling in fourth set after initial two-set defeat against Poland.…
Javar eliminated in rowing qualifiers
RIO DE JANIERO, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Iran’s single rowing representative has failed to reach to next round of women’s rowing. Postponed…
Male shooter squander hopes of finals
RIO DE JANIERO, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Iran’s male shooter has squandered hopes of reaching finals by standing in 22nd place in…