Rio de Janeiro

Bakhshi snatches gold at World Military Taekwondo C’ships

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Iranian taekwondo practitioner Amir Mohammad Bakhshi won the third gold medal of Iran in 2018 World Military Taekwondo Championships.

Iran wins two gold medals at World Military Taekwondo C’ships

TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – Iranian athletes snatched two gold medals in 2018 World Military Taekwondo Championships, underway in Rio de Janeiro.

Iranian short ‘Manicure’ wins at Rio de Janeiro Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (MNA) – Iranian short ‘Manicure’, directed by Arman Fayyaz, has won the Special Jury Prize at the International Short Film Festival 2018 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Brazilian filmfest. to host film screening from 45 countries

TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – More than 400 short films and six animated films from 45 countries will compete, starting Tue., in the 24th Anima Mundi Festival of Brazil, confirmed the organizers of the event.

Rio Paralympics:

Iran’s caravan lands 15th overall with gold in sitting volleyball

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep. 19 (MNA) – National sitting volleyball players brought home one more gold medal for Iran to land in the 15th place overall at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

National 5-a-side footballers finish vice-champion in Rio

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – Iran’s national 5-a-side football squad conceded a defeat against host Brazil to finish in the second place at 2016 Summer Paralympic Games.

Iran’s 7-a-side outfit lands second in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep. 17 (MNA) – Iranian men’s national 7-a-side football team earned a silver medal after finishing in the second place at Rio 2016 Paralympics.

National 5-a-side footballers advance to finals

TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – Iran’s national 5-a-side football team overcame Argentina to reach the finals round at 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

Zahra Nemati secures Iran’s 7th gold trophy in Rio

TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – Female Iranian archer Zahra Nemati came first at Women's Individual Recurve to bring home Iran’s seventh gold medal at 2016 Paralympics.

Iran’s 5-a-side team reaches semifinals in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep. 14 (MNA) – National 5-a-side football team of Iran drew against Brazil on Tuesday in order to advance to the semifinals as the second best team in Pool A.

Rio Paralympics:

Iranian CP footballers thrash US

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep. 11 (MNA) – National Iranian men’s national 7-a-side football team obtained a victory over American rivals in their second match at 2016 Paralympic Games.

National Sitting volleyball team trounces China

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Iranian sitting volleyball players defeated China in three straight sets in their first match at the fifteenth Summer Paralympic Games.

Iranian weightlifter lands 6th in Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 16 (MNA) – Mohammadreza Barari of Iran only managed to stand in the sixth place of Men's 105 kg weightlifting event by lifting a total of 406 kilograms.

Argentina beats Iran in Rio 2016 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Iranian national volleyball team experienced a bitter loss against Argentinian rival at the preliminary round of the volleyball tournaments in the ongoing 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Iranian boxer bitterly loses Olympic bout

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Rouzbehani, Iran’s only boxer at Rio 2016, conceded a defeat in his first encounter failing to reach Round of 16 in the tournament.

Iranian ping pong team knocked out in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 07 (MNA) – All three members of Iran’s national table tennis team were eliminated from Rio Summer Olympic Games.

Iranian taekwondo fighters eye gold in Rio

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – Iran’s 4-athlete taekwondo roster is very hopeful of medals at Rio 2016 Olympic Games with Alizadeh fighting in women's -57kg,  Ashourzadeh in men's -58kg, Khodabakhshi in men's -80 kg, and Mardani in men's +80 kg.