Weightlifting
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Pezeshkian hails Iran’s junior weightlifters on world C'ship
TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian has congratulated the Iranian National Youth Weightlifting team on their remarkable and superb victory at the 2026 IWF World Junior Championships in Egypt.
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Iran’s junior weightlifting team depart for Egypt
TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – Iran’s junior weightlifting squad departed for Egypt to compete in the 2026 World Junior Weightlifting Championships — marking the second time the team is led by Olympic and World Champion Sohrab Moradi.
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Iranian weightlifters snatch medals at 2025 ISG
TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – Two weightlifters of Iran claimed medals at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) on Monday.
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Iran Babolsar hosts 1st CISM Military Weightlifting Challenge
TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – The inaugural ceremony of First CISM Military Weightlifting Challenge was held at northern Babolsar County, Mazandaran province on Monday.
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Pezeshkian congratulates Iran team victory at 2025 WWC
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian congratulated the national weightlifting team for their victory at the 90th World Weightlifting Championships in Norway, a triumph that marks the first championship win in eight years.
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Iran crowned at 2025 World Weightlifting Championship
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – In a thrilling display of power and precision, Iran’s men’s team emerged as the dominant force at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, held in Førde, Norway, from Oct. 2 to 11.
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Weightlifter Yousefi to miss 2025 Solidarity Games
TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter Alireza Yousefi will not participate in the sixth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games in 2025.
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Iran's Ayat Sharifi crowned Asia’s strongest man
TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – Iranian super-heavyweight lifter Ayat Sharifi has been crowned “Strongest Man in Asia” after securing two gold medals and one silver at the 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Jiangshan, China.