Iranian Athletes No Longer Need Law Banning Competition With Israelis, MP Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
There is no need to pass a new bill into law banning Iranian athletes from facing Israeli opponents in international competitions because they do it out of their own free will, Mojtaba...
Olympics-Iran’s Judo World Champion Mollaei to Fight for Mongolia in Tokyo
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 3 (Reuters) - World judo champion Saeid Mollaei of Iran, who fled his country last year, will compete at this year's Tokyo Olympics for Mongolia after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved...
Gender Equality in Iranian Sports Is A Top Priority, Official Says
By Reza Hamidi
The President of the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic, Reza Saleh Amiri, has vowed to eliminate gender discrimination and inequality in Iranian sports.
Mr. Salehi made the comments during the National...
Chess Player ‘Won’t Play for Iran’ Due to Ban on Israeli Players
DUBAI, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Iran's top rated chess champion has decided not to play for his country, Iranian news agencies reported on Tuesday, in an apparent reaction to Tehran's informal ban on competing against Israeli...
World Wrestling Body Postpones Greco-Roman Cup in Iran Citing Security Concerns
By Hamed Mohammadi
The United World Wrestling (UWW), formerly known as the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA), postponed the 2019 Greco-Roman World Cup initially scheduled for November 28 and 29 in Tehran amid...
Iran Banned for Pressuring Fighter Not to Face Israeli
(Reuters) - Iran has been banned indefinitely from international judo competition until it can give strong guarantees that its athletes will be allowed to face Israelis, the International Judo Federation (IJF) has said.
The IJF decision follows...
Soccer-Iran Has ‘Assured’ Women Can Attend Qualifier – Infantino
By Simon Evans
MILAN, Italy, Sept 22 (Reuters) - FIFA has been "assured" by Iranian authorities that women will be able to attend the October World Cup qualifier in Tehran, Gianni Infantino, president of the...
Iran Judoka Pressured Not to Fight Israeli, Refuses to Return Home
BERLIN, Sept 2 (Reuters) - An Iranian judoka is refusing to return home over fears for his safety after he ignored orders from his national federation to pull out of fights to avoid a potential...
Iran May Stop Banning Athletes from Facing Israeli Opponents
May 14, 2019 - In a May 9 letter to the International Judo Federation (IJF), the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NOC) has stated its commitment to Principle Six Campaign...
Iranian Judoka Saeed Mollaei Throws Match to Avoid Israeli Opponent
On the second day of the Paris Grand Slam 2019 earlier this month, Saeed Mollaei, an Iranian Judoka in the men’s 81-kilogram division, deliberately threw a match against Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Mussayev to avoid facing...
