TEHRAN Irans Sadegh Kalhor is poised to take part at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. The Iranian lone athlete will participate in the mens alpine skiing slalom event. Kalhor participated in the 1998 Paralympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan for the first time. He will participate in the competitions for the fifth consecutive time. Kalhor ...

The Iranian Olympic team, which consists of five skiers, failed to get good results at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. In the Women's Slalom, Forough Abbasi finished in 48th place with a time of 2 minutes, 35.69 seconds. Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. claimed the gold medal, with a combined time of 1 minute, 44.54 seconds. Mohammad Kiyadarbandsari ...

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Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Rouhani says in negotiations with U.S., Europe relations to normalise Iranis negotiating with the United States as part of a constructive engagement with the world community and wants Washington to back up its words with actions, President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday.  ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) Five Iranian skiers will participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Mohammad Kiadarbandsari, Hossein Saveh Shemshaki and Forough Abbasi will participate in Alpine Skiing and Sattar Seid and Farzaneh Rezasoltani will represent Iran in cross country skiing. The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic ...