International Competitions

Iran wins intl. karate C’ships in Urmia

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iran has won the 14th edition of Solidarity & Friendship Karate Male Championships which was held in the western Iranian city of Urmia.

Intl. karate C’ships kicks off in Urmia

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – The 14th edition of Solidarity & Friendship Karate Male Championships kicked off Fri. and has attracted 300 karate practitioners from 12 countries.

Iranian students shine at 23th FIRA RoboWorld Cup

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – The head of Iranian FIRA National Committee said Sat. that Iranian robotics teams have displayed a great performance in the 2018 FIRA RoboWorld Cup in Taiwan.

4 Iranian wrestlers to fight for gold at Yasar Dogu tourney

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – The Iranian free-style outfit attending the Yasar Dogu Free-Style Wrestling International Tournament is hopeful for 5 medals with 4 representatives in final and 1 in the third place playoff.

Iranian discus thrower wins gold in USSD Competitions

TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA) – Iranian discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi harvested gold at the USSD Competitions in California, United States.

‘Retouch’ to vie at Freiburg Intl. Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (MNA) – Iranian short film ‘Retouch’ directed by Kaveh Mazaheri will compete in Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) in March and ten other film events later this year.

Alborz province to host intl. taekwondo competition

TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – Iran’s northern province of Alborz will host the 29th edition of International Fajr Taekwondo Competitions slated to be held in April, 2018.

Iranian wrestling cup to host four foreign teams

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – The 15th edition of Shahid Hasheminejad Wrestling Cup will take place in Iran with foreign and Iranian teams vying with each other.

3 foreign teams to vie at 2nd Persian Beach Soccer Cup

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Spain, Ukraine and Azerbaijan will participate in the Second Persian Beach Soccer Cup which is scheduled to be held at the end of January in Iran.

Iranian artist to serve as jury member in Photo Festival

TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Iranian photographer Ali Samei was selected as the jury member in Le Catalan 2017, Perpignan, France.

Iranian Taekwondoka advances to WTF Grand Slam semifinals

TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – The second round of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam ended with one Iranian representative advancing to the semifinal.

Russia invites Iranian wrestlers to Ivan Poddubny Cup

TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) – The Russian Wrestling Federation, in an official letter, has invited Iran’s national Greco-Roman squad to take part at an international tournament dubbed ‘Ivan Poddubny’.

Persian athletes to attend Karate1 Premier League

TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) – Iranian sportspeople are slated to take part at the first stage of 2018 Karate1 Premier League to be held in Paris, France.

Iran’s envoy:

Canada prefers confrontation to interaction

TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Iran's envoy to UNGC described Canada’s move in raising human rights resolution against Iran as politicking and disservice to the valuable concept, saying that Canada has opted for the outdated method of confrontation rather than interaction.

Two skiers win title at Erzurum campaign Day 1

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Two Iranian skiers managed to win gold medals on the first day of international alpine skiing event underway in Erzurum of Turkey.

Teams to vie at Iran Zamin Karate Cup announced

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – Iran Zamin Cup Karate tournament will convene in Tehran with the presence of several Iranian and foreign teams.

Bimeh Razi atop World Wrestling Clubs Cup

TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – Iran’s Bimeh Razi out powered Sina Sanat Izeh at 2017 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Clubs Cup final on Friday winning the title.

Iran to partake in WTF Grand Slam with 7 athletes

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) – Iran will deploy seven athletes to china to take part at a brand-new event dubbed as the World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series.

Keikha vice-champion at Toyota Intl. Gymnastics event

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) – Iranian athlete Saeedreza Keikha landed second at Toyota International Gymnastics Competition held in Japan.

Kashan wins World Wrestling Clubs Cup

TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – The fourth edition of World Wrestling Clubs Cup finished Friday Tehran City where Easy Pipe Kashan of Iran quelled Titan Mercury of the US to stand on top of the podium.

Iran bags two golds at 7th IWAS World Games

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Mahdi Pourrahnama and Asghar Azizi won gold medals at IWAS World Games 2017.

‘Compatriot’ to vie at Worldwide Women's Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Mahtab Soleimani's ‘the Compatriot’ will be featured at Worldwide Women’s Film Festival next year.

Kurash wrestlers collect 5 medals at World C’ships

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – National Iranian kurash squad managed to earn three silver and two bronze medals at the XI World Kurash Senior Championships in Turkey.

Intl. Karate Cup to launch in Tehran

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – The 13th Iran Zamin Karate Cup tournament will be held in Tehran with athletes from various countries vying with each other.

Iran opens FIBA World Cup Qualifiers with loss

TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Iranian basketball players conceded a loss in the face of Iraqi rivals in their first encounter at 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification tournament.

One win, two losses for Iranian players at 10th round of 2017 WJCC

TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Mohadeseh Alijanzadeh was the only Iranian chess player to score a win in the 10th round of the games against the Austrian Denise Trippold.