ISNA Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei met with medal winners of 2018 Asian Games on Monday. The 18th edition of 2018 Asian Games officially kicked off on August 18 in Indonesia cities of Jakarta and Palembang and closed on Sunday. Gaining a total of 62 medals (including 20 gold, 20 silver and 22 bronze medals) Iran finished ...

MNA Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei met with medal winners of 2018 Asian Games on Monday. The 18th edition of 2018 Asian Games officially kicked off on August 18 in Indonesia cities of Jakarta and Palembang and closed on Sunday. Gaining a total of 62 medals (including 20 gold, 20 silver and 22 bronze medals) Iran finished ...

Press TV - Iran�s Wrestling Federation has held a ceremony in Tehran to honor wrestlers who grabbed 8 medals representing the country at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

MNA Irans Public Conscription Organization has announced that all the winners of gold medals in 2018 Asian games have earned exemption from mandatory military service. According to the chief of the human resources department of Irans Public Conscription Organization Brigadier General Moussa Kamali said on Saturday that all the Iranian athletes ...

Tasnim Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei commended the Iranian athletes who won medals at the 2018 Asian Games for bringing joy to the country. n a message on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei praised the Iranian athletes for their performance in the 2018 Asian Games, held in Indonesias Jakarta and Palembang from August 18 ...

Tasnim The Iranian delegation moved down one place to sixth at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia. The Iranian delegation had finished in fifth place in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Irans medal tally closed at 62 medals including 20 gold, 20 silver and 22 bronze. Saeid Rajabi in +80kg and Mirhashem Hosseini in 63kg won two ...

IRNA Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani in a message late Saturday congratulated the Iranian noble nation, sportsmen and coaches on the success of the athletes in 2018 Asian Games. The message read that international competitions provide an opportunity for forging amity among nations and promoting spirit of friendship with each other. Asian Games brought ...

Tasnim - The Iranian national basketball team claimed a silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games on Saturday. Team Melli lost to China 84-72 in the final match at the GBK in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hamed Haddadi led Iran with 27 points while Abudushalamu Abudurexiti from China scored 20 points. The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Asian ...

MNA In a message issued on Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed his gratitude to all Iranian sports people who took part in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has issued a message, congratulating Iranian athletes and teams on obtaining the best achievements and the most number of medals ...

MNA Iranian men's nationalvolleyball team trounced South Korea in three straight sets at the final showdown on Sat. and won the gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Iranian squad put on a brilliant performance at the final showdown held in Jakarta on Saturday, defeating their South Korean rivals in three ...

IRNA Iran's national water polo team defeated China on Saturday in the third place game of the 13th Asian Games to rank third in the water polo competitions. Iran had beaten South Korea and Singapore in the group competitions while it lost a game against Kazakhstan so as to advance to the quarterfinals as the second team of the group. Iran, ...

MNA Iranian table tennis player Noshad Alamian won a bronze medal in mens single event after 52 years at 2018 Asian Games. Alamian suffered a 0-4 defeat to Chinas Gaoyuan Lin, who has the world rank of 4, in the semifinal and achieved the bronze medal for Iran. The last medal of Iran in singles event of Asian Games goes back to 1966, ...

Tasnim Discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi took Irans 19th gold medal in the 18th Asian Games underway in Indonesia on Wednesday. Haddadi won the gold medal with a throw of 65.71 meters. Iraqi Dagher Al Saamah Mustafa Kadhim claimed the silver with 60.09 meters and bronze medal went to Eissa Zankawi from Kuwait. Iranian athletes have already won ...

Tasnim Kurash athlete Elyas Aliakbari claimed Irans 18th gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games on Wednesday. Aliakbari defeated his Tajikistani rival Khojazoda Behrouzi 10-0 in the men -81 kg final at the JCC - Assembly Hall. Bronze medal went to Irans Omid Tiztak and Sarvar Shomurodov from Uzbekistan. Iranian athletes have already won 17 gold ...

ISNA Iranian womens team claimed the title at canoe polo championships in 2018 Asian Games underway in Indonesia. Iranian womens canoe polo team defeated Singapore 5-2 in final and won the championships. Later in the day, Irans men failed to defeat Japan in the semifinals to come short of booking a berth in the final. For the first time, ...

MNA The head of Iran's National Olympic Committee (NOC), Reza Salehi Amiri said that Indonesias medals in the unknown and indigenous sport of pencak silat is a gift from Olympics Council of Asia (OCA) and Iran will officially protest against these medals in OCA. The act of OCA to recognize pencak silat and its medals in the final medal count of ...

Tasnim Hossein Keyhani won Irans 17th gold medal in the 18th Asian Games on Monday. The Iranian athlete snatched the gold in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase at the GBK - Main Stadium. Keyhani finished in the first place with 8:22.79. Yaser Bagharab of Qatar won the silver with a time of 8:28.21 and bronze medal went to Kazuya Shiojiri of Japan ...

MNA Iranian mens national basketball team trounced Japan 93-67 in the quarterfinals of 2018 Asian Games underway in Indonesia and advanced to the semifinals. The Iranian squad defeated rival team from Japan with 25-14, 21-17, 25-19 and 26-13 in the four quarters of the quarterfinal rounds held in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday. The ...

Tasnim Irans Behdad Salimi from Iran claimed a gold medal in the weightlifting mens +105 kg on Monday. Salimi bade farewell soon after winning his third successive gold medal at the Asian games. Salimi lifted 208 kg in snatch and 253kg in clean and jerk. He came first for a total lift of 461kg. Another Iranian weightlifter saeid Alihosseini ...

MNA Iranian karate practitioner Bahman Asgari defeated a Saudi rival at the final showdown of Men's -75kg karate contests and collected the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games underway in Indonesia. On Monday, Irans Bahman Asgari defeated Saudi Arabias Raef Adel alturkistani 5-0 in the finals fixture of Men's -75kg karate contests, and ...