Iranian female para-archers snatched gold at Czech C’ships
Iranian females’ recurve team received the gold medal of WAE European Cup 2018, held in Czech. Iranian recurve squad, comprising Zahra Nemati, Zahra Delkhosh and Somaye Rahimi, overpowered South Korea in the final match and gained the gold medal. Also, in mixed team recurve, Zahra Nemati and Gholamreza Rahimi won the silver medal after suffering […]
Doc chronicles life story of female Iranian Turkmen governor
TEHRAN – Filmmaker Alireza Jahanifar has recently completed a documentary that recounts the life story of Marjan Nazqelichi, a Turkmen woman who was the governor of Bandar Turkaman, the northeastern Iranian town with a Turkmen population. The idea of making the documentary titled “Nazqelichi” entered Jahanifar’s mind in April 2014, when she was appointed as […]
Iran’s female taekwondoka leaves Wuxi early
TEHRAN – Iranian female taekwondoka at +67kg left the 1st World Taekwondo Grand Slam Championships in Wuxi City in China on the first day after she lost to South Korean opponent. Zahra Pouresmaeil, who was representing Iran at +67kg, had to leave the competition after ‘Saha Bo Man’ beat her 11 – 8 on the […]
“Breath” producer pleased female filmmaker to represent Iran at Oscars
TEHRAN – Mohammad-Hossein Qasemi, the producer of Iran’s submission to the 2018 Oscars “Breath”, who is also the husband of the film’s director Narges Abyar, said on Wednesday that he was pleased Iran has sent a movie by a female filmmaker to the 90th Academy Awards. “Women have a greater potential for making a film […]