IRNA President Hassan Rouhani said that Irans move to grant visas to the American wrestlers who attended the newly-ended World Cup in Iran has 'made the US administration ashamed'.
Iranian western city of Kermanshah hosted the 2017 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup on Feb. 16-17 with the participation of eight top world wrestling teams including Iran,...
The New York Times| THOMAS ERDBRINK: When the United States wrestling team arrived at 3 a.m. on Saturday at an airport hotel outside Irans capital, Tehran, staff members ordered out for pizza.
We were all over the lobby, eating out of the boxes, said Rich Bender, the executive director of Team USA. The wrestlers had just flown in from the western ...
IFP- In a post in its Twitter account, the US wrestling federation thanked Iranian fans who supported American wrestlers during the recent Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in Kermanshah.
Thank you to the wonderful fans in Iran for cheering on our guys throughout the tournament and being spectacular hosts, the US wrestling federation said, putting ...
CNN| Fred Pleitgen: The journey to this week's freestyle wrestling World Cup in Iran was an exhausting one for the US team -- and not only because of the long trip from the US to the Iranian city Kermanshah, with two stopovers in Frankfurt and Tehran.
It was the diplomatic hurdles that had stressed Team USA out. The wrestlers were caught in ...
The Washington Post- Erin Cunningham: The Americans were greeted in Iran with red roses, smiling fans and a barrage of selfies. No diplomatic crisis here.
But that wasn't the case just two weeks ago. Back then in the wake of President Trump's now-frozen travel ban it didn't look like a group of U.S. wrestlers would be allowed to compete in one ...
Tasnim USA Wrestler Jordan Burroughs hoped that they would face host Iran in the 2017 Freestyle World Cup championship match.
USA has been drawn in Pool A with Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Pool B consists of Iran, Turkey, India and Mongolia.
We are ready for the group action. I hope that USA will advance to final and meet Iran in the ...
Iran Front Page- Several newspapers covered the controversy sparked by the presence of a number of Iranian ministers and officials in a ceremony in Swedish ambassadors house in Tehran and the deals signed during the ceremony.
They also covered the ongoing crisis in Irans southwestern province Khuzestan, particularly the dust pollution and its harmful ...
Tasnim- After weeks of diplomatic squabbling between governments, wrestlers from the United States arrived in Iran. The delegation, led by 2012 Olympic champion Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) was cheered on by local wrestling fans and greeted by a swarm of media.
The American team arrives after the governments of Iran and United States spent weeks going ...
Al-Monitor- While Iran and the United States have been engaged in near constant hostility for the last 38 years, sport especially wrestling has been one of the few arenas where cultural diplomacy has flourished without the interruption of geopolitical tensions. That seems to be no more. In a tit for tat, on Feb. 3, Iran blocked American wrestlers ...
February 5, The Iran Project President, cabinet renewing allegiance to late Founder of Islamic Republic, start of Ten-Day Dawn celebrations in Iran, French FM Jean-Marc Ayrault visit to Iran and meeting with senior officials, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan trip to the country and meeting with senior officials, Iran marking ...
AFP- Iran said on Sunday it would allow US wrestlers to compete in an international tournament after President Donald Trump's travel ban was halted by a federal court.
"Following the court ruling suspending #MuslimBan...US Wrestlers' visa will be granted," tweeted Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif.
Iran had blocked visas for US citizens in response ...
IRNA - Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said here on Sunday that Tehran has decided to issue visa for US wrestlers to travel to Iran to attend 2017 Freestyle World Cup.
Qasemi underscored that the decision has been made after a federal judge in Seattle blocked part of US President Donald Trump's controversial executive order on visa ban and ...
Press TV- United World Wrestling (UWW) has reacted to Irans travel banon American wrestlers to the Freestyle World Cup in response to President Donald Trump's executive order forbidding visas for Iranians,stating that the sports body values the decision.
Though we had hoped for a different outcome from Iran's Foreign Ministry, we appreciate ...
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 ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- In a rare gesture of goodwill, members of the U.S. freestyle wrestling team shook hands with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday after finishing third in a tournament.
Iran and the U.S. have found a common ground in wrestling lately after the sport was kicked out of the Olympics, with both countries intent on seeing ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado Wrestling leaders from political foes Iran and the United States have united as part of a coalition of nations trying to keep the sport from being dumped from the Olympic lineup.
Together with Russia and other world powers in freestyle and Greco-Roman disciplines, the US and Iran came together last month when the Americans ...
TEHRAN After their national teams resounding victory over the U.S. team Thursday in the Wrestling World Cup held in Tehran, Iranians throughout the country erupted in celebration.
Although several of the matches between American and Iranians wrestlers were quite tense, the spirit of sportsmanship was on full display throughout the event. The theme ...
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