Tasnim | Foad Ashtari: Iranian Armys Chogan teams held a competition themed peace and friendship cup in an Army sports field in Tehran on Sunday, in the presence of Commander of Iran's Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari and military attaches from 40 countries. Chogan was included on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in ...

Tasnim | Mahmoud Hosseini: President of the Polo Federation Hojatollah Dehkhodaei said Chovgan, a forerunner of Polo, was named in the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage as Irans cultural heritage, contrary to the claims of some other countries, like Azerbaijan.    ...

TEHRAN (AFP) It is probably the last thing you would expect to come across in the capital of the Islamic republic of Iran: a polo club, more commonly associated with the aristocracy. Nestling in the foothills of the Alborz mountains on the southeastern edge of heavily polluted Tehran, the Qasr-e Firouze Chowgan Club is surrounded by greenery and ...

Polo, an ancient Persian sport thats been pretty much forgotten until very lately, is getting some new life. Known as Chogan in Persian, the game was played in ancient Persia more than two thousand years ago. Sometimes called the Game of kings, Polo is a sport thats being revived in its birthplace Iran and not for kings this time around but for ordinary ...