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Ali Daei pays homage to Ronaldo: “No one deserves the record more than he does”

reporter 1222 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:22:39 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – With 109 goals in 149 international matches for Iran, Ali Daei has held an all-time high since 2006. Now it wobbles. In an interview with kicker, the ex-Bundesliga player tells who he will allow him to succeed and what he is doing today in football and as a businessman.

It could be so far as early as March, in the next international match period. In games against football dwarfs like Azerbaijan or Luxembourg, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo has the chance to decisively improve his proud record of 102 goals in 170 games for the national team – so far that Ali Daei’s seemingly eternal record of 109 goals, scored in “only” 149 games between 1993 and 2006 will be wiped out.

“No one deserves my record more than he does,” the Iranian pays homage to his potential successor in advance. “He is without a doubt the best footballer of all time. I am convinced that there is a reward for those who work hard and determined, so it would be a decent reward for him.”

In the kicker interview (next Monday’s edition), the former Bundesliga professional (19 goals in 107 appearances for Arminia Bielefeld, FC Bayern, and Hertha BSC from 1997 to 2002) speaks about his time as the first Iranian player in the first division, which he was in the 1997/98 season together with his compatriots Karim Bagheri and Khodadad Azizi. “I not only played in Germany, I also lived there. And as a young person, I learned every day, curious about what I was like.”

Daei, now 51 years old, also tells of strange stories: rumors about his death after a car accident and the reason why he once did not want to sit next to ex-president Ahmadinejad on a flight. After a few stations as a coach (including as a national coach in Iran), there was last contact to England, where a post may be waiting at Everton, the club of his compatriot and majority owner Farhad Moshiri there. Direct talks about this should take place when the pandemic situation allows again.

Daei, who studied metallurgy, had built up other professional pillars in Iran, for example a company for sportswear. “Then came the international sanctions against our country. Now I am a partner in an insurance company and in the steel industry.”

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Ali Daei hopes Ronaldo breaks his record

reporter 1222 — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 07:49:36 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iran legend has sat at the top of a notable chart for several years, but he appears destined to be knocked from the summit by a modern-day great. Ali Daei “sincerely hopes” that Cristiano Ronaldo will break his international goalscoring record, with the Portuguese superstar just seven efforts short of the Iranian’s mark of 109.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has been back on target for his country in the latest round of fixtures.

With Ronaldo hitting the back of the net in a 7-0 mauling of Andorra, he now has 102 goals for Portugal to his name and that return has him sat second on a notable chart and chasing down another entry in the history books.

The Juventus forward is now 35 years of age, but he is showing no sign of slowing down and is expected to pass Daei at some stage.

An iconic figure from the past, who managed his haul for Iran through just 149 games, claims he would be happy to see an all-time great overtake him and raise a remarkable bar a little higher.

Daei told Record: “I sincerely hope that Cristiano Ronaldo will reach my goal record for the national team.

“In no way [would I be hurt], it would be a real honour for me if a player of his class could do it.

“Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best players not only of his time, but of all time. He is an absolute phenomenon.

“I would congratulate him directly. But first he has to get there.

“Cristiano Ronaldo already has 102 goals for Portugal and will beat my record, I’m sure of that, but he still has seven goals to go.”

Ronaldo has one more outing to take in for Portugal before domestic action resumes in November.

He has been unable to guide the defending champions back into the Nations League Finals, but their 2020 campaign will come to a close with a trip to Croatia on Tuesday.

Ronaldo will be looking to edge ever closer to Daei in that contest, but Fernando Santos claims no-one in the Portugal camp is allowing record-chasing exploits to become a distraction.

He has said: “Nobody will be thinking about Cristiano.

“The [other players] will not be thinking about not scoring in order to give the chance to someone else.

“Even Cristiano wouldn’t want that to happen. Cristiano will score when he has to score. The [other players] will not be thinking about that.”

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Iran’s exports to Iraq hits new record at $55mn in one day

reporter 1222 — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 04:30:23 +0000

The Secretary-General of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Sayed Hamid Hosseini said Tue. that Iran’s exports to Iraq recorded a new high, as $55 million worth of commodities was exported to the neighboring country on Monday.

“This year, Iran’s exports to Iraq has been growing and during the first four months of this Iranian year (beginning on March 21) Iran exported $40 million worth of goods to Iraq per day,” Sayed Hamid Hosseini told Iranian Fars News Agency on Saturday.

Comparing last year’s value of Iran’s exports to Iraq with this year’s, Hosseini said that the figure only stood at 20 million per day last year, noting that the decline in the price of the Iran’s national currency the rial and a favorable environment for Iranian products in Iraq’s market were the two main factors behind the rise in Iran’s exports.

Stating that yesterday, 8,000 tons of goods were exported to Iraq which were worth $55 million, the Secretary-General of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce said that the exports on Monday set a new record.

He said that while an average of 40 to 50 trucks carry goods to Iraq through Iran’s Khosravi border crossing per day, that number increased to 500 trucks on Monday.

During the first four months of the current Iranian fiscal year (beginning on March 21), 4.78 million tons of goods worth $2.522 billion were exported to Iraq, indicating 23% and 14% increase in value and volume, respectively as compared to the same period last year.

In total, the value of Iran’s exports to Iraq during the four-month period stood at $15.450 billion, which was 14.7% higher than in the same period last year.

The growing trade transactions come at a time when the US government has asked the Iraqi government to abide by the new round of sanctions it re-imposed on Iran after its unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal on May 8.

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Siamand Rahman not to break world record in Japan

reporter 1222 — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 07:20:58 +0000

Iranian super heavyweight powerlifter Siamand Rahman says he is not going to break the world record in Japan.

The world’s stronger Paralympian will do at the Asia-Oceania Open Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, between 8 and 12 September.

Rahman broke the 300kg barrier in the men´s over 107kg at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, lifting an unprecedented 310kg.

In 2017, he won his second world title. No one even comes close to the Iranian, who only competes against himself and his own strength.

The 30-year-old is one of the biggest Paralympic stars and will most certainly shine again at Tokyo 2020. His next competition will also be contested on Japanese soil: the Asia-Oceania Open Championships in Kitakyushu.

“I will not try to break the world record in Japan,” he said.

“I am saving my best lifts for October´s Asian Para Games and, of course, for the next Paralympic Games.

“At Indonesia 2018 and Tokyo 2020 you will witness what no other powerlifter has done before. I am saving the best possible lifts for then.”

The two-time Paralympic and world champion has already arrived in Japan and has started his trainings ahead of the competition together with the rest of the Iranian team.

Rahman has absolutely captivated the Japanese public. All those who meet him, either journalists, volunteers or other powerlifters, want to shake his hand or get a picture with their hero, Paralympic.org wrote.

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Iran’s Moradi breaks world weightlifting record

reporter 1222 — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 09:30:26 +0000

Iranian weightlifter Sohrab Moradi broke the world record in the snatch of 94kg category by successfully raising 189 kilograms.

In the seventh day of 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, 2016 Olympics champion lifted 185kg in his first move of snatch to secure his first place in the ranking table. Then, as announced before, he attacked the 188kg world record set by Akakios Kakiasvilis some 19 years ago.

Moradi chose 189kg in his second attempt but failed. However in his third snatch move, he managed to successfully conquer the weight and set a new world record.

Competitions are underway in clean and jerk to determine the winners of this weight category.

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Alireza Beiranvand Sets Record for Minutes without Conceding Goal

reporter 1222 — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 16:00:20 +0000

TEHRAN – Persepolis’s Alireza Beiranvand set a new Iran Professional League (IPL) record by going 718 minutes without conceding a goal.

Beiranvand broke the previous mark set by former Sepahan stopper Armenak Petrosian.

The Persepolis keeper surpassed Petrosian’s old mark of 704.

Persepolis football team was held to a 1-1 draw by Foolad in Ahvaz’s Ghadir Stadium on Sunday.

Godwin Mensha scored for Persepolis in the 14th minute and Rahim Zahivi equalized the match with one minute remaining.

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Iran’s Moradi Snatches Gold at IWF World Championships

reporter 1222 — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 08:40:12 +0000

TEHRAN – Sohrab Moradi of Iran claimed a gold medal in the men’s 94kg of the 2017 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships at the Anaheim Convention Center late Sunday.

He broke clean and jerk and overall world records on his way to claiming a hat-trick of gold medals on day six of the competition underway in Anaheim, California, USA.

Having already sealed his clean sweep of the gold medals with his first clean and jerk lift of 220kg, the 29-year-old Olympic champion successfully managed 233kg to beat the previous global mark of 232kg held by Poland’s Szymon Kolecki.

He also broke his own overall world record of 413kg after finishing on 417kg.

Moradi had earlier won the snatch with 184kg on what was a memorable day for the Iranian.

The overall silver medalist was Lithuania’s Aurimas Didzbalis with 388kg.

Iran’s Seyed Ayoob Mousavijarahi won the bronze medal with 385kg.

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Two Detained Under Terrorism Act as UK Arrests Reach Record High

reporter 1222 — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:40:10 +0000

TEHRAN – Two men suspected of being involved in terrorism were arrested by police in raids in London and Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon.

A 20-year-old man was arrested by armed officers in north London at about 2.50pm, while a 21-year-old man was detained in south-east Birmingham at about 4.30pm, The Guardian reported.

They were detained on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorism, contrary to section 40 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

Officers from the Met police counter-terrorism command carried out the raids, supported by officers from the West Midlands counter-terrorism unit and the Met’s firearms command. Both men were being held in custody under the Terrorism Act at a police station in south-east London.

Searches at addresses in south-east Birmingham and north London were being carried out on Tuesday night.

The raids come as the number of people arrested for terrorism-linked offences rose by more than two-thirds to a record 379 in the 12 months to June – one of the most intense periods for terrorist attacks in recent history.

The figures were released by the Home Office, which said it was the highest number of terrorist arrests in a year since records began in 2001.

They included 12 arrests linked to the Westminster attack in March, 23 connected with the Manchester Arena bombing in May, 21 arrests following the London Bridge attack in June and one in relation to the Finsbury Park van attack soon after.

Of those arrested, 123 were charged – 105 with terrorism offences – and 189 were released without charge. The remaining 67 were either bailed pending further investigation, or faced alternative action.

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Iran’s oil exports to S Korea hit record high

reporter 1222 — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 11:25:52 +0000

TEHRAN – According to Reuters’ report, Iran’s exports of crude oil to South Korea reached the highest level in six months in September, thanks to sanctions relief.

As the world’s fifth biggest crude importer, South Korea shipped in 1.83 million tons of crude oil from Iran in September which equals to 446.148 barrels per day (bpd). The country’s crude imports have increased by 22.8 percent from nearly 1.5 million tons in the previous year.

South Korea mainly buys an ultra-light oil from Iran, also known as condensate, but the data does not provide further details on the imports.

Iran has continued to expand its oil productions since last year when sanctions were lifted. The country plans to keep its combined exports of crude and condensate at round 2.6 million barrels per day, till the end of the year.

South Koreas crude oil imports from Iran jumped 43.1 percent to 14.03 million tons from January to September or 2017 or 377,059 bpd. The figure was 9.8 million tons over the same period last year, the data showed.

In the first nine months of this year, Korea oil imports rose 3.4 percent to 110.51 million tons or 2.97 bpd, compared with 106.86 million tons during the same period last year.

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Sohrab Moradi Breaks Weightlifting World Record in Ashgabat 2017

reporter 1222 — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 07:58:43 +0000

TEHRAN – Olympic champion Sohrab Moradi broke the overall men’s 94 kilograms weightlifting world record at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on Saturday.

Moradi registered a total of 413kg to beat the mark set by Greece’s Akakios Kakhiasvilis as far back as November 1999 by 1kg.

It came after he won the snatch with 185kg and the clean and jerk with 228kg.

“This is the result of many years of work and I am very happy and delighted for my efforts,” Moradi, who managed a total of 403kg on his way to winning Olympic gold at Rio 2016, told insidethegames.

“One of my goals as an athlete was to win an Olympic title. This is important. But this one is also important because I really wanted to do it. I am happy to do this,” he added.

Uzbekistan’s Farkhodbek Sobirov took the silver medal with 391kg, after finishing second in the snatch with 181kg and fourth in the clean and jerk with 210kg.

China’s Lu Hao rounded out the podium with 387kg having finished third in the snatch with 176kg and joint second in the clean and jerk, alongside Qatar’s Fares Elbakh, with 211kg.

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