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In a strange and hostile move, an Israeli website has called on FIFA to ban Iranian national football striker Mehdi Taremi from playing in World Cup 2018 for his last year’s tweet.

Igor Kolaković, the head coach of the national Iranian volleyball team, has blasted the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for what he calls a stupid interrogation of the Iranian team’s members upon their arrival at a US airport.

Tarseh village in Minoodasht County of Iran’s Golestan province in the north is the hub of paragliding in the country.

Head coach of the Iran men's national football team Carlos Queiroz has announced the names on the final roster of the squad for the forthcoming fixtures at the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup in Russia.

Carlos Queiroz, the head coach of Iran’s national football team, has expressed hope Team Melli will advance to the knockout stage in FIFA World Cup 2018.

An Iranian child prodigy has made headlines recently with an exceptional talent in gymnastics and aerobatics while dreaming of becoming the world’s No. 1 footballer some day.

The first round of an international fishing festival involving nine teams of foreign tourists was recently held in Lake Zrebar in Marivan in Iran’s western province of Kurdistan.

The eighth round of national camel riding championship was recently held in Varzaneh desert in Isfahan, central Iran.

Mahsa Qorbani, an Iranian woman football referee who has judged several international women and men’s matches, is making headlines worldwide.

Jalal Hosseini's 89th minute strike gave Iran’s Persepolis football team a 2-1 win over Al Jazira of the UAE in the second leg of the 2018 AFC Champions League (ACL) Round of 16 on Monday.

Iranian international winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh has been named the top goal scorer of the premier Dutch football league Eredivisie.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholam-Hossein Dehghani has warned of the dire consequences of terrorism and extremism, urging all states in the world to get united in fight against “the nasty phenomena.”

The Iranian men’s national Ping-Pong team has been qualified for the top division of the World Team Table Tennis Championships for the first time in history, after it defeated Ukraine to advance to the final match of the second division.

Iran national football team has learned its opponents at the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Group Stage.

Hundreds of Iranians performed the Chinese ancient martial arts of Tai Chi and Qigong to celebrate not only the health benefits of such activities but to send out intentions of peace, harmony and healing.

The president of the Iranian Football Federation says players on the national team will be wearing shirts bearing the image of the Iranian cheetah despite earlier decision to do away with it.

The first team of female athletes in Iran’s weightlifting history has made their presence felt in Uzbekistan’s competitions.

A village in southern Iran made headlines after photos of a football match in the rural area went viral, showing female spectators watching the match and players defending women’s right to go to stadiums.

The United World Wrestling has agreed to allow Iran to host the 2018 Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup later this year, according to Iran’s wrestling federation.

A large crowd gathered in Niavaran Park north of the Iranian capital Tehran on Friday to mark the World Tai Chi and Qigong Day.

While US President Donald Trump has been making threats against Iran on a daily basis, the female footballers of Iran and the US played a friendly match to show the two nations are at peace with each other.

Iran’s Sports Minister Massoud Soltanifar says Qatar can use the facilities of Kish Island in southern Iran for hosting the national teams competing in the football world cup in 2022.

Iran has unveiled three rugs woven by highly-skilled Iranian artists to be gifted to Team Melli’s Group Stage rivals at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia.

In recent years, South Korea has shown its interest in developing the Zurkhaneh (Pahlavani) sports through the management of the issues related to this original Iranian sport across the Asian continent.

Persepolis FC, the most popular football team in Iran, has once again been crowned the champion of Persian Gulf professional league with three weeks to go until the end of the season.