IRNA President Hassan Rouhani said that Irans move to grant visas to the American wrestlers who attended the newly-ended World Cup in Iran has 'made the US administration ashamed'. Iranian western city of Kermanshah hosted the 2017 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup on Feb. 16-17 with the participation of eight top world wrestling teams including Iran,...

MNA Iran Wrestling Federation has invited the American freestyle wrestling world and Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs and his family to visit Iran for a 10-day recreational trip. The invitation comes in the wake of the recent Freestyle Wrestling World Cup held in Iranian Western city of Kermanshah where Irans national squad of freestyle wrestlers ...

Al-Monitor- As the Trump administration readies a new executive order limiting travel to the United States for citizens of seven mostly Muslim nations, Americans who value athletic contact with Iran say the restrictions should not apply to sports exchanges. The White House made it clear to the Olympic movement that there were going to be exceptions ...

IFP- The London 2012 Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs who took part in the 2017 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in western Iranian province of Kermanshah on February 16 and 17, has, in a post in Persian language on his Instagram, expressed appreciation for the love and affection Iranian people, particularly the spectators, expressed towards him during ...

The New York Times| THOMAS ERDBRINK: When the United States wrestling team arrived at 3 a.m. on Saturday at an airport hotel outside Irans capital, Tehran, staff members ordered out for pizza. We were all over the lobby, eating out of the boxes, said Rich Bender, the executive director of Team USA. The wrestlers had just flown in from the western ...

Tasnim- Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder says that the 2017 Freestyle World Cup has been the best tournament he has ever participated in. USA Wrestling Team finished in second place after suffering a 5-3 defeat to Iran in Kermanshah on Friday. Snyder beat Amir Mohammadi 6-0 at 96kg category. Snyder said his mother had been a bit worried ...

IFP- In a post in its Twitter account, the US wrestling federation thanked Iranian fans who supported American wrestlers during the recent Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in Kermanshah. Thank you to the wonderful fans in Iran for cheering on our guys throughout the tournament and being spectacular hosts, the US wrestling federation said, putting ...

February 19, The Iran Project Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn visit to Iran, Iran unveiling Tous marine outboard gasoline engine, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei receiving people of Tabriz on the occasion of 29th of Bahman,President Rouhani trip to Oman and Kuwait and meeting with senior officials, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attending ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Zarif, Lavrov discuss Syria, bilateral relations in Munich Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov discussed the situation in Syria and Russia-Iran relations during a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the Russian ...

IFP- In his Saturday message, Ayatollah Khamenei thanked the efforts made by the federation officials, the coaches, and champions of Irans national team, which led to Irans world title in Freestyle World Cup in Kermanshah, and brought honour and pride for the Iranian nation. The message was delivered by the Leaders office to the President of Irans ...

Iran Front Page- Almost all newspapers today covered the ongoing climatic crises across Iran, including the flood in southern provinces and the heavy snow in northern Iran. The dust pollution and its consequences in Khuzestan province were also widely covered by newspapers today. Another top story was the world title claimed by Irans wrestling ...

CNN| Fred Pleitgen: The journey to this week's freestyle wrestling World Cup in Iran was an exhausting one for the US team -- and not only because of the long trip from the US to the Iranian city Kermanshah, with two stopovers in Frankfurt and Tehran. It was the diplomatic hurdles that had stressed Team USA out. The wrestlers were caught in ...

IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message congratulated Iranian Wrestling Squads victory in the 45th round of the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup which was held in the city of Kermanshah in Western Iran. Irans freestyle team defeating US squad 5-3 in the final match and ranked first for the 8th time in Wrestling World Cup. I congratulate ...

IRNA President Hassan Rouhani in a message on Friday felicitated Iranian Wrestling Squads victory in the 45th round of the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup which was held in the city of Kermanshah in Western Iran. Irans freestyle team defeating US squad 5-3 in the final match and ranked first for the 8th time in Wrestling World Cup. 'Iran's victory ...

IRNA - Iran�s freestyle wrestling team overpowered US squad 5-3 and won the final match of the 45th round of the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup held in Western Iran.  

Press TV- The Iranianmens national freestyle wrestlingteam has claimed the topposition at the end of the 2017 Freestyle World Cup in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah, after trouncing the American side in the title challenge. On Fridayevening, the Iranian sportsmen immersed spectators at Kermanshahs Imam Khomeini Sport Venue and wrestling ...

IRNA - Irans freestyle wrestling team managed to reach the final stage of the 45th round of the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup currently underway in this western Iranian city. The Iranian squad managed to defeat its Mongolian rival 7-1 to reach the final stage. The prestigious competition started in Kermanshah on Thursday (Feb 16) with a match between ...

MNA In the first round of Free Style World Cup in Kermanshah, Iran and Azerbaijan have crushed Turkey and Russia, respectively to take the first blood. Irans western provincial center of Kermanshah hosts Free Style World Cup 2017 where in two groups, worlds dominant national squads compete in direct matches. In the first date, Iran won Turkey ...

The Washington Post- Erin Cunningham: The Americans were greeted in Iran with red roses, smiling fans and a barrage of selfies. No diplomatic crisis here. But that wasn't the case just two weeks ago. Back then in the wake of President Trump's now-frozen travel ban it didn't look like a group of U.S. wrestlers would be allowed to compete in one ...

ISNA| Erfan Karami: The 45th round of the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup started here in this western Iranian city on Thursday with a match between Iranian and Turkish wrestlers.