TASHKENT – The International Conference Central Asian Connectivity: Challenges and New Opportunities wound up yesterday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The two-day international conference discussed ways of boosting security and economic cooperation between Central Asian countries which kicked off on Tuesday in the capital of Uzbekistan. The conference, themed “Interconnectivity in Central Asia: Challenges and New Opportunities,” […]

 The Iranian volleyball club, Khatam Ardakan, won Thailand’s representative in the quarterfinal and earned the ticket to the semifinal of 2018 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship. Iranian squad faced Thailand’s Nakhonratchasima The Mall on Saturday and gained a 3-0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-17) victory. 2018 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship kicked off on July 31 in […]

 Iran’s Khatam Ardakan volleyball club defeated their Japanese rival Toray Arrows in their second match at 2018 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship in Myanmar. Iranian squad won the Tuesday match 3-0. The Iranian team secured the first and second sets with the same scores of 25-22. The Japanese side didn’t want to surrender and gave […]

 Iran’s Men’s Junior Handball team commandingly defeated India in the 16th edition of the Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship. In their first match, the Iranian handball players beat India 48 to 17 on Monday. Some 15 teams from different parts of Asia are competing in the tournament. The national Iranian team is pitted in the […]

Iranian karate practitioners claimed three gold medals at the 2018 Asian Karate Championships in Amman, Jordan. In the men’s over-84kg final, Iran’s Saleh Abazari thrashed Hideyoshi Kagawa from Japan 8-0 to win the gold medal. Iran tasted victory in two further events with Hamideh Abbasa beating Chinese Taipei’s Wen Tzu-Hsuan 8-0 in the women’s over-68kg […]

Iran lost to Australia 3-2 (25–15, 25–15, 23–25, 21–25,12–15) in the 2018 Asian Women’s U-19 Volleyball Championship on Monday. Iran will play Macau on Tuesday. The 2018 Asian Women’s U-19 Volleyball Championship is a biennial international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV) for the women’s under-19 […]

Iran suffered a 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-15) defeat against Chinese Taipei at the 2018 Asian Women U-17 Volleyball Championship on Saturday. The Iranian girls will play India on Sunday in a play-off match for the 7th place. Iran started the tournament with a 3-0 win against New Zealand in preliminary round but advanced to the […]

Iran defeated Lebanon 29-19 at the 2nd edition of the AHF West Asian Women’s Handball Championship on Friday. The Iranian team had already humiliated Iraq 43-8 in the first day of the competition. The Iranian girls are going to face Qatar on Sunday. The competition began in Jordan’s Amman on Thursday and will be underway until February […]

TEHRAN– Iranian Deputy Minister of Science for International Affairs Hossein Salar Amoli said that at present, six Iranian universities are among the top Asian university ranking. “According to Iran’s Sixth Development Plan, by 2021 Iran must have 10 universities among the top ranking for the best Asian universities. At present, however, 6 universities are in […]

TEHRAN – Iranian shooter Golnoush Sebghatollahi rose to the 5th rank in 10M Air Pistol Women in 2017 Asian Shooting Championships. The 10th Asian Airgun Championships are held in Wako-Saitama, Japan from 6-12 December in men’s and women’s sections and in the juniors, youth and adults age groups. Golnoush Sebghatollahi, the Iranian shooter that had advanced […]