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Iran Reacts to UWW’s Decision to Postpone Greco-Roman World Cup 25 Nov 2019

Iran Reacts to UWW’s Decision to Postpone Greco-Roman World Cup

Spokesman of Iran Wrestling Federation Hassan Rangraz criticized United World Wrestling for postponing the 2019 Greco-Roman World Cup.

Iran’s GR Team Wraps U23 World Champs with 6 Medals 05 Nov 2019

Iran’s GR Team Wraps U23 World Champs with 6 Medals

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A total of six medals – including three golds – saw Iran’s GR team claim the top spot at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championships in Budapest, capital of Hungary. On Sunday, Mohammad-Reza Geraei routed Azerbaijan’s Sanan Suleymanov 7-0 in the men’s 72kg final. Valentin Petic of Moldova and Ukrainian Maksym […]

Behnam Ehsanpour Wins Bronze at World Wrestling Championships 23 Sep 2019

Behnam Ehsanpour Wins Bronze at World Wrestling Championships

Iranian freestyle wrestler Behnam Ehsanpour claimed a bronze medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships on Sunday.

Iran Freestyle Team Finishes Third at Junior World Championships 15 Aug 2019

Iran Freestyle Team Finishes Third at Junior World Championships

Iran’s freestyle wrestling team finished in third place at the 2019 Junior World Championships Wednesday night.

Hassan Rahimi Says Goodbye to Wrestling 07 Mar 2019

Hassan Rahimi Says Goodbye to Wrestling

Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Rahimi announced his retirement from the sport.

Iranian wrestlers bag 2 golds at UWW Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament 04 Mar 2019

Iranian wrestlers bag 2 golds at UWW Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament

Iranian freestyle wrestlers managed to gain two gold medals and one bronze at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sunday.

Iran’s Karimi seizes bronze at Wrestling World C’ships 23 Oct 2018

Iran’s Karimi seizes bronze at Wrestling World C’ships

 Alireza Karimi Machiani from Iran won a bronze medal at the men’s senior freestyle Wrestling World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Monday. He beat his Georgian rival Dato Marsagishvili 12-1 at the 92kg. The other bronze at this category was snatched by Japan’s Atsushi Matsumoto, edging Mongolian Turtogtokh Luvsandorj 6-5. J’den Cox from the U.S., […]

Iran officially withdraws from 2018 Wrestling World Cup 13 Mar 2018

Iran officially withdraws from 2018 Wrestling World Cup

 Following UWW’s decision to deny Ahvaz to host the 2018 Men’s Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup, Iran has officially opted out of the 2018 Freestyle World Cup in Iowa City, US. The United World Wrestling (UWW) has agreed to Iran’s request for withdrawing from the 2018 Wrestling World Cup in US due to the UWW’s decison to […]

Iran runners-up at Asian Wrestling Championship 05 Mar 2018

Iran runners-up at Asian Wrestling Championship

TEHRAN – Iran freestyle team finished in second place in the 2018 Asian Wrestling Championship on Sunday. The Iranian team won three gold medals, one silver and two bronzes in the competition held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. On Saturday, Ezzatollah Akbari built up a commanding 5-0 lead before Uzbekistan’s Rashid Kurbanov defaulted with a knee injury […]

UWW abates cash penalty for Iranian Wrestling Federation 04 Mar 2018

UWW abates cash penalty for Iranian Wrestling Federation

The United World Wrestling (UWW) has abated the cash penalty on Iran Wrestling Federation by 30,000 Swiss francs due to the country’s holding of an anti-doping seminar. A couple of weeks ago concurrent with the Youth Championship Competition held in the country, Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation embarked on organizing an Anti-Doping training course […]