Latest Sports News in Iran – News and reports from international and domestic athletic competitions across the range of sports, from local stories to tournaments on the world stage.
A former star soccer player with Iran’s Esteghlal FC, Mojtaba Jabbari, has opened a bookstore in an upscale neighborhood in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Iran’s southern Kish Island hosts a national stone climbing tournament, as part of a first edition of the Kish Beach Games this year. The tournament is joined by 58 stone climbers from 12 Iranian provinces.
Iranian female athlete Nahid Kiani has made history by grabbing the gold medal at the 2023 Taekwondo World Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan Republic.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi offers congratulations to the country’s weightlifting squad on winning the championship at the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in South Korea.
Athletes in Iran’s northern province of Mazandarean have joined a competition of Locho wrestling, a traditional field of Pahlavani sports practiced in the region.
Iranian athlete Khalil Tarighat-Peyma, whose name was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records for lifting a 2-ton elephant, has died at the age of 98.
Afghan nationals residing in Iran have gathered in the city of Qom, south of Tehran, from across the country to join a traditional wrestling competition.
Iranian Kurash player Fatemeh Barmaki has been crowned as the world’s best female athlete of the year 2022 in her sports category by the International Kurash Federation.
The Iranian Judiciary says soccer player Voria Ghafouri has been released from detention, days after he was taken into custody on charges of “insulting” officials over protests in the country and the national soccer team.
