Iran’s U21 football held by KSA in 2018 Asian Games

reporter 1222 — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 05:30:07 +0000

Iran’s U21 national football team was held by Saudi Arabia in the first game of 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

In a Wednesday match at the Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Cikarang, Iran’s encounter with the traditional rival, Saudi Arabia, ended with a no-no draw.

As the game’s stats demonstrate, both teams had 50 percent of ball possession while KSA had 6 shots on goal compared to 3 for Iran.

Kranjcar Zlatko’s men will face North Korea on August 17 before meeting taking on Myanmar on Monday.

Iran has won four titles in the previous editions of the event and the last championship goes back to 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.

The 2018 Asian Games officially starts on Aug. 18 and wraps up on Sep. 2 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang while basketball, football and handball competitions have started from yesterday.

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KSA, UAE, Bahrain front against Iran in Davos ‘strategic flaw’

reporter 1222 — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 06:45:22 +0000

Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian posted a message on his Twitter account condemning the joint rhetoric of KSA, UAE, and Bahrain against Iran at Davos panels.

“The anti-Tehran alignment of KSA, UAE, and Bahrain at the World Economic Forum in Davos is a strategic mistake,” reads a post by Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian published on Friday at his official Twitter account.

“Don’t forget that in difficult days of Saddam’s invasion to Kuwait we gallantly stood beside our Arab neighbors and the people of Kuwait,” the Iranian diplomat reminded the Persian Gulf states how they were manipulated by American government in 1980s and 1990s.

“While the White House and Mossad take advantage of you as if you were disposable tissue, we honor our neighbors and fellow Muslims eternally,” he pointed to the commonalities shared by Iran and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.

The Persian Gulf Arab officials used the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday to slam Iran for what they called was its destabilizing behavior in the region, taking advantage of Tehran’s absence at the annual event. »

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