Iranian Wrestlers

Iranian freestyler nominated for best wrestler in world

TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – The United World Wrestling has put the name of Kamran Ghasempour on the list of the top five freestyle wrestlers in the 2022 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup.

US denies visas for Iran free style wrestlers

TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Iran Wrestling Federation said Tuesday that the United States has denied 7 Iranian free-style wrestlers visas to take part World Cup in Iowa.

Iran’s Ghasempour wins gold at 2022 World Wrestling Champions

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Kamran Ghasempour claimed a gold medal in the 2022 World Wrestling Championships on Saturday.

Iran wins two silver at 2022 World Wrestling Championships

TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestlers Hassan Yazdani and Mohammad Nokhodi lost to their rivals in the final match of the 86kg and 79kg respectively in the 2022 World Wrestling Championships.

Iran’ Mirzazadeh wins silver at 2022 World Wrestling C'ship

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Amin Mirzazadeh claimed a silver medal at 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Tuesday.

Iran’s Geraei wins silver in World Wrestling Championships

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammadreza Geraei claimed a silver medal in the 2022 World Wrestling Championships on Monday.

Iranian wrestler wins silver medal at 2022 Pytlasinski Cup

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – Iranian wrestler Ali-Asghar Sam Daliri won a silver medal on the final day of the Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup which is being held in the Polish capital of Warsaw.

Iran freestyle wrestlers win 4 medals at Turlykhanov Cup

TEHRAN, Jun. 05 (MNA) – Iranian four-member freestyle wrestling team won three gold and one silver medals at the International Wrestling Championships of the Turlykhanov Cup in Kazakhstan.

Iran freestyle wrestlers grab two medals at Turlykhanov Cup

TEHRAN, Jun. 05 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestlers have won gold and silver medals at the International Wrestling Championships of the Turlykhanov Cup in Kazakhstan.

Two Iranian Greco-Roman stars maintain top spot in world

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – Two Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers have maintained the top spot in the newest ranking of the United Word Wrestling.

Amouzad grabs gold medal for Iran in Asian Wrestling C'ship

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Rahman Amouzad defeated the Indian opponent to win gold medal in final match of weight of 65 kg in the Asian Wrestling Championships.

Iranian wrestler wins gold medal in Yasar Dogu Tournament

TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Iranian wrestler Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian won a gold medal at the 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament Freestyle Wrestling Championship.

Delkhani grabs gold medal at Danklov Western wrestling comp.

TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – Iranian western wrestler Meysam Delkhani won a gold medal in the western wrestling competitions of the Danklov and Nikolai Petrov Cup.

Iran agrees to help Iraq wrestling grow

TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – Alireza Dabir, President of Iran’s Wrestling Federation, hosted the president of Iraq's Wrestling Federation Shalan al-Tamimi to discuss bilateral cooperation.

Iran’s Geraei, Zare named best wrestlers of 2021

TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – The two Iranian wrestlers Mohammad Reza Geraei and Amir Zare have been named United World Wrestling’s Breakthrough Performance of the Year award winners, according to UWW.

Iran freestyle runner-up at World Military Wrestling C'ship

TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – Iran's freestyle wrestling team won 4 gold, 4 silver, and two bronze medals and gained 210 points to finish runner-up in the 35th World Military Wrestling Championship.

Iran freestyle team 2nd in 2021 U23 World Wrestling C'ships

TEHRAN, Nov. 08 (MNA) – Russia freestyle team outplaced Iran to win the title of the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships.

Leader praises Iran Greco-Roman wrestling team for victories

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei praised the Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling national team for gaining second place in the 2021 World Wrestling Championship.

Raeisi congrats Iranian wrestlers on victories in 2021 WWC

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi in a message congratulated the Greco-Roman wrestling team athletes for winning the 2nd best world status at 2021 Oslo World Wrestling Championship.

Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on October 10

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – Mehr News Agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran’s Persian-language dailies on Sunday, October 10.

Iran Greco-Roman wrestlers win bronze medals in World C'ships

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) –Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers won two bronze medals at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships on Friday.

Ghasempour wins Iran’s 3rd gold at World Wrestling C'ships

TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – Iran freestyle wrestlers Kamran Ghasempour won Iran’s third gold medal in the 2021 World Wrestling Championships.

Raeisi felicitates Iran wrestlers on winning gold in WWC

TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi congratulated Hassan Yazdani and Amir Hossein Zare on winning the gold medal at the World Freestyle Wrestling Championships (WWC) in Norway.

4 Iranians advance to semis of world wrestling c'ships

TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – On the second day of the 2021 World Wrestling Championships underway in Norway, four Iranian free-style wrestlers advanced to the semifinals of the competitions.

Iran Greco-Roman Wrestling runner-up at Junior World

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iran Greco-Roman wrestling team became runner-up at the Junior World Championships in Ufa, Russia.

2021 World Junior C’ships:

Iran freestyle wrestlers win 2 gold, 1 bronze

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestlers managed to win two gold and one bronze medal in the 2021 edition of the World Junior Championships underway in Russia.

Tokyo Olympics:

Hassan Yazdani settles for silver

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani received the silver medal of the men’s 86kg category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Geraei wins Iran's 2nd gold in Tokyo Olympics

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammadreza Geraei won the gold medal of men's 67kg category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.

Iran Greco-Roman team finishes 3rd in Turkish tournament

TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers won seven medals at the 2021 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan in Istanbul, Tukey, June 18-20, and finished third.