Iranian Paralympic archers win silver medals in Rio
Iranian Paralympic archers have picked up a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On Sunday afternoon, 46-year-old Iranian sportsman…
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Iranian athlete wins silver medal in discus throw in Rio
Rio, Sept 10, IRNA – Iran’s Paralympics athlete Ali Reza Qaleh Nasseri won silver medal in discus throw of track and field…
Iran wheelchair b-ballers suffer defeat against Britain
The Iranian men’s national wheelchair basketball team has suffered its first loss at the preliminary round of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in…
Rio Paralympics 2016: Iran arrives at opening ceremony
RIO (Tasnim) – Iran’s team arrived at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Paralympics at the Maracana stadium on Wednesday. It…
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
Iranian flag hoisted at Paralympic games village in Rio
RIO (Tasnim) – The Iranian flag was officially hoisted at the Paralympic Games Village in Rio de Janeiro, in a ceremony on…
Iranian Paralympic team off to Rio
Tehran, Sept 1, IRNA – The Iranian squad left Iran on Thursday to take part in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Iran’s…
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…
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…
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…
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 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.…
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…
Iranian culture exhibition opens in Rio
TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – An Iranian cultural exhibition was opened in Rio de Janeiro on Mon. concurrent with the Olympic competitions…
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…
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…
Iranian boxer bitterly loses Olympic bout
RIO DE JANIERO, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Rouzbehani, Iran’s only boxer at Rio 2016, conceded a defeat in his first encounter failing…
Iran female shooter eliminated in Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANIERO, Aug. 07 (MNA) – After euphoric Elaheh Ahmadi reached finals in women’s 10 meter air rifle in Rio, her…
Weekly report: Iran’s squad in 2016 Rio Olympic Games
August 07, The Iran Project – Commemoration of 50th anniversary of foundation of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Iran’s senior MPs trip…