Iran, Turkey brace for face-off in Syria
Al-Monitor - Driven apart by clashing regional interests, Turkey and Iran appear headed for a face-off in Syria, with Tehran…
Sport
Iranian women athletes’ plight highlighted by top weightlifters leaving the country
Iran-HRM - The plight of Iranian women athletes has been highlighted by two weightlifters who fled the world sports camps,…
Will the FIFA World Cup help bridge Iran-US gaps?
Al-Monitor - At a time when tensions between Iran and the West are elevated and the fate of the 2015…
Are Football Stadiums in Iran Really Closed Because of Covid? (Spoiler: Don’t Bet on It)
Iranwire - On Sunday, May 15, the Iran Football League Organization announced that matches across the country would be held behind closed…
All Football Matches in Iran Closed to Spectators
Iranwire - Heydar Baharvand, President of the Iran Football League Organization, has ordered the heads of the country's province-level football…
Teenage Weightlifter Disappears in Greece
Iranwire - Iranian media outlets have reporrted the abrupt "disappearance" of 17-year-old athlete Yekta Jamali in Greece. Days after she…
“We Can’t Play in Iran”: Two Young Women Pursuing Football Careers in Turkey
Iranwire - In the Turkish city of Denizli, some 3,000km away from home, two Iranian girls are forging a future…
Young Rowing Champion Leaves Iran After Failing to Find a Second Job
Iranwire - Bahman Nasiri, a member of the Iranian national rowing team, has emigrated to the Republic of Azerbaijan. The…
Iranian Female Soccer Fans Still Banned From Games Despite Promise
RFL/RE - When Iranian women recently tried to enter a soccer match between Iran and Lebanon in Mashhad on March…
Iran is Still Trying to Pretend it’s Co-Hosting the Qatar World Cup
Iranwire - “Alcohol is banned, British nationals are regularly picked up on spurious charges of spying and only two weeks…