Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani commemorated Rio Olympics medal winners, including Kimia Alizadeh, Hassan Yazdani and Kianoush Rostami.   By IRNA

According to a report by Khabar Online, as translated by IFP, Kimias favourite artists are going to perform in this online concert. Scheduled to be held in Andisheh Hall in Tehran, the concert will also host other female athletes in Irans Olympic team. The popular Iranian actress Behnoosh Bakhtiari is going to host the concert due to be broadcast ...

Newspapers on Saturday highlighted the Bronze medal won by Iranian female taekwondo player, Kimia Alizadeh, as the first-ever medal for Iranian women. They also covered the surprise visit to Tehran by the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlt avu?o?lu and his 5-hour talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. The developments of Syria, ...

Rio, Aug 20, IRNA -- Irans wrestler Hassan Rahimi has won a bronze medal in the 57-kilogram category of Rio 2016 Olympic Games Free-Style wrestling by defeating Cuban wrestler. Rahimi had already received one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in free-style wrestling before the Rio 2016 wrestling competitions. The 31st Olympic Games officially ...

Iranian freestyle wrestlers Hassan YazdaniCheratiand Hassan Rahimi have adeptly employed a mix of primal hand-to-hand combat and complex tactics at the wrestling competitions of the2016SummerOlympicsinRiode Janeiro, Brazil, and picked up two medals, including one gold. On Friday, the 21-year-old Yazdani Cherati, who had received a bye in his ...

Iran'sKimia Alizadeh Zenoorin has won thebronze medal in the -57kg classoftaekwondo competitions atthe Rio 2016 Olympics, becomingthe first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal. The 18-year-old Iranian athlete beat Nikita Glasnovic of Sweden 5-1 on Thursday after winning her repechage match with Thailands Phannapa Harnsujin 14-10. I wish ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 18 (MNA) Experiencing its first time in Olympics, Iran's national volleyball team failed to reach the top four remained teams, with a bitter defeat against Italy on Wednesday. Italy gained their seventh entry to the Olympic semifinals, following their 3-0 (31-29, 25-19, 25-17) victory over Iran in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (MNA) Much vaunted taekwondo star has taken Iranians by surprise of his untimely defeat in the very first round against Moroccan rival he thought was easy to win. Irans taekwondo would have been source of hope for the delegation for possible medals; however, on Wednesday, the first section of this hope was squandered only ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (MNA) Irans 98kg athlete Ghasem Rezaei who was a hope for gold medal ended up in Bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling competitions of Rio 2016 games. Ghasem Rezaei who had an Olympics title as a gold medalist in 2012 London games had an off draw in first round. In second round he faced Luillys Prez from Venezuela who was an ...

Irans Behdad Salimi broke the world record in the snatch weightlifting of the Men's over 105-kilogram class at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games, but he was later disqualified in the clean and jerk stage following a controversial decision by the jury. Behdad lifted 216 kilograms in snatch to best Georgias Lasha Talakhadze, who had just set a new world ...

Rio, Aug 4, IRNA Iranian athletes are slated to compete in shooting, table tennis, sailing and cycling fields on August 6 in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it was announced on Thursday. According to Iran's Olympic Team Chef de Mission Asghar Rahimi, Iran's squad has 18 flight groups including 15 sports ones and three groups consisting ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Hamid Sourian won a ticket for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the qualifying tournament in Istanbul on Friday. One of the biggest names in wrestling over the last decade defeated Tsymbalyuk Dmitry from Ukraine 8-0 in the semi-final and qualified for the Olympics. In the final match, the 59kg wrestler ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Kianoush Rostami said that he is going to win a gold medal in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Iranian lifter claimed a gold medal at the men's 85kg class at the World Weightlifting Championships on Thursday. Rostami lifted 178kg in the snatch and 213kg in the clean and jerk for a winning total of 391 kg. His ...