Iran’s women soccer team smashed Palestine 9-0 at the Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar in a Group C match on Saturday in the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers. Samaneh Chahkandi granted Iran an early lead, breaking the deadlock four minutes into the game, before Hajar Dabbaghi, Mona Hamoudi, Sara Ghomi and Zahra Ghanbari...Read More

Roya Kaveh is the first female ranger of Iran who wears the uniform of commandos and fights wood smuggling and illegal hunting of wild animals in forests across Iran. She has established a centre to take care of stray dogs. She is also running a new school named School of Nature in Gonbad-e Kavus in...Read More

Iran’s women’s football team coach Maryam Azmoun says they are ready to beat Chinese Taipei to make their Olympic Games dream come true. Iran will book a place in the 2020 Olympic Games if defeat their rival in Doha’s Grand Hamad Stadium on Tuesday. “Chinese Taipei are a good team and I think they deserved...Read More

The 36th edition of the Busan International Short Film Festival will put its spotlight on movies from a number of Iranian female filmmakers in a section entitled “Hub of Asia: Iranian Women Directors”. A lineup of eight films, including “Horn” by Qasideh Golmakani, “Leftover” by Yasaman Hassani and “It Was My City” by Tina Pakravan,...Read More

Australia’s dual 100m hurdles world champion Sally Pearson Sunday pulled out of her first competitive event in more than a year, saying her body was “overheating”, in a blow to her comeback plans. The 32-year-old, who won the world title in 2011 and 2017, hadn’t competed over the hurdles since an Achilles problem sidelined her...Read More

Iranian short documentary “Lotus” directed by Mohamadreza Vatandoust will attend Beirut International Film Festival’s competition section. In its fourteenth presence in international festivals, Lotus will represent Iran in the 18th Beirut International Film Festival, which is due to be held April 22-28 in Lebanon’s capital. The film is expected to be screened on April 22....Read More

Chugha or Chukha is a sleeveless coat woven by tribal women for male nomads in southwestern Iran, particularly the Bakhtiari Lur people. Chugha is for men and usually worn by the Bakhtiari people in various festivities. They wear shirts and warm clothes under Chugha during summer and winter respectively. The coat is much common among...Read More