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CHRI – The Iran Gymnastics Federation has walked back its threat to discipline a 10-year-old gymnast for allegedly taking part in an international competition without wearing the mandatory hijab. 

PayvandNews – Iranian Paralympic powerlifter Siamand Rahman has produced a magnificent display of strength and prowess at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Mexico, and been awarded the top honor.

PayvandNews – Iran’s men weightlifting national team has clinched its first ever world champion title, after collecting a total of 509 points at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the United States. The competitions were held in Anaheim, California, from November 28 to December 5. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani congratulated the Iranian …

PayvandNews – Ali Hashemi bagged another gold for Iran at the 2017 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships at the Anaheim Convention Center early Tuesday.

RFL/RE – Iranian weightlifter Sohrab Moradi broke two world records to win the 94-kilogram class at the World Championships in Anaheim, California, on December 3.

RFL/RE – Portions of the 2018 World Cup draw broadcast were censored in Iran because authorities decided co-host Maria Komandnaya’s clothing was too revealing.

PayvandNews – Iran national football team, known as Team Melli, have been drawn in Group B of the 2018 World Cup. Carlos Queiroz’s team will play powerhouse Spain, Portugal and Morocco in Russia.

RFL/RE – In Iran, it’s more often women disguising themselves as men to sneak into sporting events, where they are banned. But in a reversal of sorts, the male coach of the Thai women’s national kabaddi team wore a head scarf to the Asian Kabaddi Championship in the Iranian city of Horgan on November 26 to evade a ban on …

Al-Monitor – The international governing body of soccer, FIFA, does not grant any individual or legal entity the right to control more than one member club at the same time. However, this rule has often been ignored in Iran, where two of the capital’s most prominent soccer clubs, Esteghlal and Persepolis, are owned by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and …

RFL/RE – Iran says it will allow women weightlifters to compete internationally for the first time. Ali Moradi, president of the Iranian Weightlifting Federation, said on November 23, “We have established the Iran Weightlifting Federation Women’s Committee and we have talented female athletes.” “They have high capacity like men athletes, and I hope that, wearing special clothes for Muslim athletes, …