AFP- Iran's wrestling federation has said it will protest a decision to ban one of its athletes and the national coach for deliberately throwing a match to avoid fighting an Israeli opponent. Alireza Karimi Mashiani threw a match against his Russian opponent in the under-23 world championships in Poland in November to avoid fighting Israel's Uri ...

MNA Iran Wrestling Federation has invited the American freestyle wrestling world and Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs and his family to visit Iran for a 10-day recreational trip. The invitation comes in the wake of the recent Freestyle Wrestling World Cup held in Iranian Western city of Kermanshah where Irans national squad of freestyle wrestlers ...

Press TV- Thousands of Iranians have commemorated the 49th death anniversary oflatelegendary Iranian freestyle wrestler Gholam Reza Takhti at his grave in the countrys capital city of Tehran. President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation (IRIWF) Rasoul Khadem, Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler and six-time World Champion Hamid Sourian ...

Irans national wrestling team has won the 2015 Asian freestyle championship,inanother show of might weeks after it claimed the World Cup in the United States. Three Iranian wrestlers reached the gold-medal contest on Thursday to give Iran the minimum points needed to claim the title on the second day of the tournament in the Qatari capital of Doha....

USA Wrestling says that Iran has pulled out of a dual meet set for Sunday in Los Angeles. The organization said Friday that the Iranian Wrestling Federation told them the team's schedule has changed and that it has returned to Iran. No further reasons were given for Iran's departure. USA Wrestling says it will instead host Russian and Canadian ...