World Weightlifting Championship

Iran's Reza Dehdar wins gold, bronze medals at IWF World C'ships

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – The Iranian representative at 102 kg won a gold as well as a bronze medal at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships underway in Thailand on Wednesday.

Iran’s Miri snatches silver at 2019 IWF World C’ships

TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Iranian weightlifter Ali Miri won a silver medal at the 2019 edition of International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships on Monday in Thailand.

Iran snatches its first medal at 2019 World Weightlifting C’ships

TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – Hafez Ghashghaei earned the first medal of Iran at the 2019 edition of IWF World Championships in Thailand.

Rouhani hails Iranian junior lifters on winning world title

TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani issued a message on Saturday, commending the Iranian team on winning the 2019 IWF Junior World Championships.

Iranian weightlifters gain two medals at 2019 IWF Junior World Championships

TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) – Iranian junior weightlifters earned one silver and one bronze medal at the 2019 edition of IWF Junior World Championships underway in Suva, Fiji.

Iran’s Moradi bags 3 gold medals in 2018 World Weightlifting

TEHRAN, Nov. 7 (MNA) – Iranian weightlifter and Olympic Champion Sohrab Moradi has collected three gold medals in men’s 96kg at 2018 World Weightlifting, breaking the longest standing world records.

Indonesia’s Irawan breaks world weightlifting record

TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – Indonesian weightlifter Eko Yuli Irawan broke the world record of men’s 61kg category at 2018 IWF World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Iran crowned at IWF Junior World C’ships

TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Iranian lifters totally collected 512.8 points and claimed the title of 2018 IWF Junior World Championships.

Iranian lifter gains bronze at IWF Junior World C’ships

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Iranian lifter Rasoul Motamedi grabbed one bronze in the Men’s 94kg bodyweight category of 2018 IWF Junior World Championships.

Iran’s Soltani snatched 3 medals at IWF Junior World C’ships

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Young Iranian weightlifter Hossein Soltani won two silver and one bronze medal in the Men’s 77kg bodyweight category of 2018 IWF Junior World Championships.

VP congratulates nation on world weightlifting title

TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Iran’s 1st Vice Pesident Es'hagh Jahanigiri congratulated the Iranian nation for winning World Weightlifting Championships 2017, which was held in the US from 28 November to 5 December.

Leader praises weightlifting team, thanks Karimi

TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – In a message, Iranian Leader congratulated Iran’s National Weightlifting Team on their winning of first world title and Alireza Karimi, the Iranian wrestler who left a competition refusing to compete against an opponent from Zionist Israel.

Officials congratulate nation on winning first world title

TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Bahram Ghasemi, the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson congratulated the nation on the unprecedented achievement of winning the first world title by Iran’s adult weightlifting team.

Iran wins first world weightlifting title

TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Iranian weightlifters won their first World Weightlifting Championships, which was held in Anaheim, Los Angeles, CA, USA from 28 November to 5 December.

IWF C’ships:

Hashemi adds one gold to Iran’s tally

TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – Iranian weightlifter Ali Hashemi has been brilliant to clinch 2 gold medals of the 105kg category at the 2017 IWF World Weightlifting Championships underway in the US.

Rouhani hails weightlifter Sohrab Moradi’s world c’ship

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – President Hassan Rouhani has extended his congratulations to Iranian weightlifter Sohrab Moradi who won gold and set two new world records at the 2017 Weightlifting World Championships in US.

Iran’s Moradi sets two new world records

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Iranian 2016 Olympic champion, Sohrab Moradi, set new World Records in Men’s 94kg division of 2017 Weightlifting World Championships with a total of 417kg.

US continuously impedes Iranian weight lifters

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – Iranian weight lifters who faced difficulties in obtaining visas, are still being deliberately delayed in the US.

Iranian weightlifters to leave for US

TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – National Iranian weightlifters plan to attend world weightlifting championships has been postponed to next Saturday due to the US embassy in Dubai being temporarily closed.

Iran weightlifters stand 1st at IWF Junior World Championships

TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – Iran's Junior Weightlifting Team, despite being ranked sixth in the medal ranking, won the World Championship title for the second consecutive year.

Biralvand wins gold at Junior Weightlifting Champs

TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – Iranian weightlifter Reza Biralvand became the winner with 369 kg at the 2017 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships in Japan.