BBC- The head of Iran's wrestling federation has resigned after criticising authorities for letting players be punished because of the country's ban on athletes competing against Israel. Rasoul Khadem, an Olympic gold medallist, was re-elected as the Iranian Wrestling Federation head only two months ago. Other council members have also reportedly ...

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 ...

IFP - Irans representative to the United World Wrestlings Presiding Board Rasoul Khadem has protested against the unfair number of European referees in international competitions. There were a total of 14 gold medalists from Asia and Europe, and 8 from America in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, but 55 out of the 99 top referees who ...

MNA A veteran free-styler and 1996 Summer Olympics gold medalist has urged Ministry of Sports and Youth to coordinate visa issuance for American national squad which is expected to compete in FILA World Championship in Kermanshah. Rasoul Khadem wrote a letter to Mr. Masoud Soltanifar, Minister of Sports and Youth where he asked for reversal of ...

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 ...

Almost all major newspapers on Monday covered Irans deal with the governments controversial deal with Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which is an international task force against money laundry. All conservatives described it as treason and called for its termination. The US President Barack Obamas visit to Hangzhou, and Chinas controversial ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) President of Iran Wrestling Federation Rasoul Khadem has been elected as the new member of United World Wrestlings executive committee known as the bureau. United World Wrestling (UWW) held its biannual congress on Sunday on the sidelines of the final day of competition of the 2016 Junior Wrestling World Championships in ...

Moscow, Feb 18, IRNA Iran and Belarus inked an agreement in the fields of Pahlavani wrestling in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Thursday. The agreement was inked by President of Iran's Wrestling Federation Rasoul Khadem and Chairman of Belarusian public association of traditional wrestling styles Alexander Medved. Prominent Iranian Freestyle ...

Shiraz, Fars Province, Dec 25, IRNA President of Iran Wrestling Federation Rasoul Khadem said that city of Shiraz has been proposed to World Wrestling Union as a host city for 2016 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Cup. Khadem made the remarks here on Thursday in the eighth seminar of provincial wrestling delegations. He added Russia and the United States ...