Taekwondo female athlete Nahid Kiani along with shooter Javad Foroughi led Iran contingent in the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium on Saturday.Read More
A few days before the start of the World Paralympic Championships in Sydney, the website of the International Paralympic Committee chose an interesting nickname for the Iranian shooter Sareh Javanmardi, calling her “The Pistol Queen”.Read More
Akram Konari, from the town of Omidieh in Khuzestan province, south-west of Iran, has swum for 175 minutes, i.e., two hours and 55 minutes, with her hands tied in memory of 175 Iranian divers who had been martyred in the war in the same way.Read More
Iranian karatekas snatched nine medals, including three gold, at the 16th edition of Asian Karate Federation Seniors Championship in Tashkent on Saturday.Read More
A team of Iranian workers, including a number of athletes skilled in special occupations, has headed for Spain to attend the CSIT World Sports Games. Among these athletes there is lady from the north-western city of Ardabil whose job is weaving Kilim. Hadiseh Ahmadi is a 23-year-old runner. She has been weaving Kilim along with...Read More