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Biggest Conference on Central Asian Regional Cooperation Wraps Up

reporter 1222 — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:07:57 +0000

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,” is organized by Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nation’s Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA).

The conference was closed with a review of results of the panel discussions.

Addressing the closing ceremony, Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov expressed his gratitude towards the guests who participated enthusiastically in debates for the future of the Central Asia.

He praised the friendly atmosphere of the conference, adding that that all experts and nations of the Central Asia are working to boost the cooperation. He added that countries of the Central Asia want to form a regional group for cooperation but they do not want to launch any organization but they can look at other countries as their model for boosting ties. He reiterated that regionalization should not lead to ignoring globalization but regional countries should also keep their identities. He called for scientific research in any field which strengthen the regional states. He also noted that regional states can cooperate with their neighboring countries like Afghanistan which is very effective in the performance of the regional bloc.

He expressed hope that the results of the conference could be a guideline for the upcoming meeting of leaders of Central Asian states which will be held in April in Tashkent.

Kamilov added that all those efforts are for the sake of peace, security, stability and prosperity of the regional states.

Meanwhile Natalia Gherman, special representative of the UN secretary-general as well as the head of the UNRCCA, hailed the conference and culled it a success.

She said that regional cooperation is key to the sustainable and social development, adding that UN is determined to support the Central Asia regional cooperation but it is up to the efforts of the regional states.

She reiterated that stability and security of the region is very important and all threats for the region should be assessed.

During the two-day event, some panel discussions in fields of energy, economy, cultural and tourism, security and antiterrorism discussed and some proposals were presented which can be on the agenda in the upcoming meeting of leaders of the regional states.

Foreign experts from 36 countries and representatives of leading analytical and scientific organizations in Uzbekistan exchanged views on regional security issues, as well as cooperation in trade, economic, transport, communications, environmental, humanitarian and other areas.

By: F. Taherpoor

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Iran’s rep. advances to semifinal of Asian Club Volleyball C’ships

reporter 1222 — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 09:10:04 +0000

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 Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar and will wrap up on August 6.

Khatam Ardakan was in Pool A of the competition along with Japan’s Toray Arrows, and Kazakhstan’s Atyrau VC. The Iranian team managed to win both mentioned teams and advance to the quarterfinals. The next rival of Khatam Ardakan is yet to be determined.

Iranian clubs have so far snatched 9 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals during last 16 editions of the event.

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Iran routs Japan at Asian Club Volleyball C’ships

reporter 1222 — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:30:21 +0000

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 their all to create an astonishing rally in the third set which ultimately ended in Iran’s favor 34-32.

Khatam Ardakan is in Pool A of the competition along with Japan’s Toray Arrows, and Kazakhstan’s Atyrau VC. Totally, 13 teams have participated in the event which compete in 4 groups.

Khatam Ardakan had gained a 3-1 victory over Atyrau VC on Monday.

The team rests for two days and continues competition on Friday in the next stage.

2018 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship kicked off today in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar and will wrap up on August 6.

Iranian clubs have so far snatched 9 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals during last 16 editions of the event.

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Iranian handball players win first match in Asian c’ships

reporter 1222 — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:00:31 +0000

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 Group D along with national teams of Oman, India and Yemen.

The Iranian handball players will take on Yemen in their second match.

Mehdi Rahbari is coaching the Iranian squad in the competitions.

The 16th edition of the Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship started today July 15 in Salalah, Oman and will end on July 25, 2018.

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Iran Claims Three Golds at Asian Karate Championships

reporter 1222 — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 15:30:29 +0000

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 final and Majid Hassannia Deilami defeating Saudi Arabia’s Saud Albasher 6-2 in the men’s under-55kg final.

Iran’s Ali Asghar Asiabari won a silver medal in the under-75kg after being defeated by Jordan’s Bashar Alnajjar 6-4.

Iran also won three bronze medals in the competition.

Mahdi Khodabakhshi won a bronze medal in men’s under-84kg class.

Shima Alesadi took a bronze in women’s under-61kg category, as well as Iran women’s team kata.

The event is the first to offer qualification points for Tokyo 2020, where karate will make its Olympic debut.

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Asian Women’s U-19 Volleyball C’ship: Iran Suffers Narrow Defeat to Australia

reporter 1222 — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:30:31 +0000

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 national teams of Asia.

The tournament is being held in Bắc Ninh Province, Vietnam, from 10 to 17 June 2018.

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Iran Loses to Chinese Taipei in Asian Women’s U-17 Volleyball C’ship

reporter 1222 — Sat, 26 May 2018 14:45:51 +0000

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 next stage as the second team after being edged by Australia.

Iran qualified for quarter-final after beating Malaysia 3-1 but lost to Japan 3-0.

The 2018 Asian Women U-17 Volleyball Championship is a biennial international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA) for the girls’ under-17 national teams of Asia.

The tournament is being held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, from May 20 to 27, 2018.

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Iran Earns 2nd Win at West Asian Women’s Handball Championship

reporter 1222 — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:37:25 +0000

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 21.

The tournament has brought six teams together, namely Jordan, Iran, Qatar, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.

‘Shahid Chamran of Larestan’ club represents Iran in the six-day tournament.

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Six Iranian univsities among top Asia ranking

reporter 1222 — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 15:45:13 +0000

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 the list,” Amoli said.

Iranian deputy minister of science said that according to the Sixth Development Plan, the percentage for joint publications with foreign institutions for higher education should rise to 35% and added “the proportion of foreign students compared to native ones in Iranian universities is 0.8%, which must increase to 35% by 2021.”

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Sebghatollahi ranks 5th in Asian Shooting C’ships

reporter 1222 — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:15:49 +0000

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 to the finals in 10M Air Pistol Women attained the 5th rank while shooters from Japan, Mongolia and India came 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. Amitis Jafari was another Iranian shooter who failed to advance to the finals and ranked 9th.

The Iranian team was able to get the silver medal in the youth Air Rifle section while Amirsiavash Zolfaghari obtained an Olympic quota.

407 contenders from 27 Asian countries have participated in 2017 Asian Shooting Championships.

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