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Iran sitting volleyball team crowned at 2024 Paralympics

Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team have won their eighth gold medal in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris after beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1.

Iran’s U20 Greco-Roman wrestlers become world champions

Iran’s national Greco-Roman wrestling team has been crowned champion at the 2024 World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) in Spain.

Iranian javelin thrower grabs gold, sets Paralympic, world record

Iranian athlete Saeid Afrooz has grabbed gold in men's javelin throw F34 event at Paris Paralympics 2024, securing 13th medal and 3rd gold for Iran.

Iranian striker Taremi on Inter’s Champions League squad list

Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi is part of Inter Milan‘s Champions League team, while Tomas Palacios and Joaquin Correa have been left out.

Visually-impaired Iranian sprinter wins silver at 2024 Paralympics

Iran’s 24-year-old sprinter, Hajar Safarzadeh, has secured a silver medal in the women’s 400m – T12 event at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, the 12th medal for her country.

Iran sitting volleyball team beat Germany, advance to semifinals of Paralympic Games, Paris

The Iranian national sitting volleyball team defeated Germany 3-0, advancing to the semifinals of the Paris Paralympic Games.

Piazza appointed Iranian men’s National Volleyball team’s coach

Italian volleyball coach Roberto Piazza has signed a contract with Iran to steer the country’s men’s national volleyball team for the next four years.

Shooter Sareh Javanmardi grabs first gold medal for Iran at 2024 Paralympics

Iran’s athlete Sareh Javanmardi has snatched gold in shooting para sport, securing the first gold medal for her country at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Two Iranian Paralympic athletes promoted to silver medals after protests

Iranian shot put thrower Zafar Zaker, who was given a controversial fourth position, and club thrower Parastoo Habibi who had been awarded a bronze medal in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games were granted silver medals after their protests were accepted as valid by the revision committee.

Iran’s Para-Taekwondo Athlete, Zahra Rahimi, Wins Silver Medal at Paris Paralympic Games

Zahra Rahimi, a 15-year-old Iranian para-taekwondo athlete, won a silver medal at the Paris Paralympic Games, securing Iran's first medal in the competitions.

Ayatollah Khamenei lauds Iran’s Olympic athletes

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has lauded the Iranian athletes who attended the 2024 Olympic Games in France.

Iranian wrestler Azarpira’s quest for Olympic glory ends with bronze

Iranian freestyle wrestler Amir Ali Azarpira secured a bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Sunday, bringing Iran's final tally to 12 medals.

Iran’s freestyle wrestler Amouzad wins silver medal at Olympic games

Iranian freestyle wrestler Rahman Amouzad won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympic Games on Sunday after losing to Japanese Kotaro Kiyooka in the final of the 65kg category.

US climber lauds his Iranian legend Reza Alipour

American climber Sam Watson has hailed Iran’s Reza Alipour, formerly known as the fastest vertical man.

Iran freestyler wins silver medal in 2024 Olympics

Iranian Freestyle wrestler Amirhossein Zare lost to Georgian Geno Petriashvili in the men’s 125kg final of the 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday evening, grabbing another silver medal for Iran.

Iranian young Taekwondo athlete snatch gold medal at 2024 Olympic

Iran's Taekwondo athlete Arian Salimi claimed a gold medal in the 2024 Olympic Games Saturday evening.

Iran’s Taekwondo athlete takes silver medal in 2024 Olympics

Iran's Taekwondoka Mehran Barkhordari lost to Firas Katoussi from Tunisia in the men's -80kg final of the 2024 Olympic Games to end up as runner-up.

Injured Iranian wrestler Yazdani wins silver in 2024 Olympic Games

Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani won a silver medal in the 2024 Olympic Games Friday night.

Iran ascends to 21st spot on Paris Olympic ranking table

Iranian athletes won a second gold and two silver medals on Thursday to shoot up the country to the 21st place.

Iran president lauds Olympic medalist Kiani for ‘writing new history for Iranian women’s sports’

Iran’s newly-elected President Massoud Pezeshkian congratulated Iranian female taekwondoka Nahid Kiani for "making history" by winning a silver medal in the women’s taekwondo -57kg category in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Thursday.

Iranian taekwondo athlete Nematzadeh accepted at Tehran University without entrance exam

Tehran University accepts Iranian taekwondo Olympic medalist Mobina Nematzadeh as a student without entrance exam.

Iran’s 19-year-old Mobina Nematzadeh wins Taekwondo bronze at Olympics

Iranian Taekwondo star Mobina Nematzadeh won a bronze medal in the women's flyweight division at the Olympics 2024 on Wednesday.

Iranian wrestler grabs country’s first gold medal at Olympics

Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammad Hadi Saravi has defeated former Olympic and world champion Artur Aleksanyan, winning Iran’s first gold medal at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Greco-Roman wrestler wins Iran’s first medal in Paris Olympics

Greco-Roman wrestler Amin Mirzazadeh claimed Iran’s first medal in the 2024 Olympic Games in France on Tuesday.

Iran’s Vahid Shamsaei nominated for world’s best futsal coach

Iranian national futsal team head coach, Vahid Shamsaei, has been nominated for the prestigious title of Best Coach of the Year 2023 by the renowned futsal website, Futsal Planet.

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