TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian national volleyball team swept past Chinese Taipei in straight sets (25-16, 25-16, 25-19) to top Pool A in the Asian Senior Mens Volleyball Championship on Sunday. Team B of Iran will play Thailand on its first match of the last eight teams at Azadi 12000 Capacity Hall on Monday. Iran had previously defeated Kuwait and ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran has been drawn in Group A of the 2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship along with Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman and Chinese Taipei. A total of 17 teams have been divided into three groups of four and one group of five. Pools: Pool A: Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman, Chinese Taipei Pool B: Australia, India, Turkmenistan,...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The inauguration of a railway project that links Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in Central Asia via Iran to the Persian Gulf dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers ...

[caption id="attachment_128425" align="alignright" width="132"] Human Rights Watch has called on the FIVB to take further action to protect Ghoncheh Ghavami Getty Images[/caption] There will be no events awarded to Iran by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) until Ghoncheh Ghavami is released from prison and a ban on women attending matches ...