Iran’s Sajjad Mardani who had a good start in his first match ended up defeated in second round. Iran’s Sajjad Mardani was victorious over his Tongan rival Pita Taufatofua 16-1 in +80kg category in round of 16 to complete chain of good news on Saturday for Iranian camp. His match in quarterfinals was Saturday night…
Iran’s wrestler Hassan Rahimi has won a bronze medal in the 57-kilogram category of Rio 2016 Olympic Games Free-Style wrestling by defeating Cuban wrestler. Rahimi had already received one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in free-style wrestling before the Rio 2016 wrestling competitions. The 31st Olympic Games officially started in Rio, Brazil, on…
Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani won finals of Men’s freestyle 74 kg over his Russian rival to add one more gold medal to Iran’s tally. Competing in the final encounter of 74kg weight division, Yazdani offered a spellbinding performance against Aniuar Geduev of Russia 6-6 to win the first freestyle Olympic gold medal for Iran in…
Kimia Alizadeh became the first Iranian woman to won an Olympics medal by winning bronze in -57 kg class of taekwondo at Rio 2016. Alizadeh, who is only 18 years old, defeated Sweden Nikita Glasnovic 5-1 on Thursday after winning the repechage match with her Thai rival, Phannapa Harnsujin 14-10. Iranian athlete was defeated by…
Persian Food Primer: 10 Essential Iranian Dishes A true gourmet must know gormeh. We have proof. By: Louisa ShaÖa: A visit to Iran yields a stunning variety of culinary delights. Between the familiar kebab and the decidedly outré grilled lamb’s testicles, there’s a vast spectrum of foods: caviar, pickle, and smoked äsh in the north;…
IRAN and Norway have signed 3 MoUs in opening credit lines for both sides, with Norway pledging a credit line of €1bn for Tehran to promote trade. Foreign Minister of Norway, Børge Brende is in a tour of Iran and met with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif earlier on Wednesday. They discussed bilateral trade, where…
Iran’s National Olympics Committee has said it will file an application to CAS about the events during Tuesday’s events in weightlifting competitions in Rio. Kiyoumars Hashemi who is in Rio de Janeiro announced the story on Wednesday; “all experts of weightlifting saw on night of August 16 the scope of bias and partiality of the…
Much vaunted taekwondo star has taken Iranians by surprise of his untimely defeat in the very first round against Moroccan rival he thought was easy to win. Iran’s taekwondo would have been source of hope for the delegation for possible medals; however, on Wednesday, the first section of this hope was squandered only by defeat…
Iran’s super heavyweight weightlifter Behdad Salimi, while beating the world record in snatch, failed in his three clean and jerk attempts dropping out of Rio Olympics. Men’s over 105 kg weightlifting division in 2016 Summer Olympic Games began on Wednesday at 2:30 AM Tehran time in Pavilion 2 of Riocentro where 11 lifters were competing…
Iran’s 98kg athlete Ghasem Rezaei who was a hope for gold medal ended up in Bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling competitions of Rio 2016 games. Ghasem Rezaei who had an Olympics title as a gold medalist in 2012 London games had an off draw in first round. In second round he faced Luillys Pérez from Venezuela…
