Olympics
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Double standards in dealing with sports was evident during Olympics: Supreme Leader
Tehran, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has criticized the double-standard policies adopted by the countries that dominate international sports issues, stating that these policies were clearly felt in the recent Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Iranian taekwondoka snatches silver in 2024 Olympics
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian taekwondoka Mehran Barkhordari has bagged a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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Woman athlete raises flag of solidarity between Iran, Palestine
Paris, IRNA - Iran's Olympic rowing woman athlete raised the flag of solidarity between Iran and Palestine during the Paris Olympic Games.
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Tajik Judoka chants 'God is Great' after scoring against Israeli opponent
Tehran, IRNA - Tajikistan judoka Nurali Emomali has created a stir at the Paris Olympics by chanting God is Great in Arabic after scoring decisive points against Israel’s Baruch Shmailov.
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Iranian referees feature in Paris Olympics
Paris, IRNA – Iranian referees have featured in the badminton and tennis categories of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
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Iranian, South African top Olympic officials meet in France
Paris, IRNA – President of National Olympic Committee of Iran Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa has met with his South African counterpart Barry Hendricks in Paris, France, where the 2024 Olympic Games are underway.
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World artists react to Israeli regime’s presence in Olympics
Paris, IRNA – Artists and cartoonists from different countries of the world protested against the presence of the Zionist regime in the 2024 Olympic Games through their works of art.
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Students gather in front of UN office in Mashhad
Mashhad, IRNA - A number of students gathered in front of the United Nations office in Mashhad on Friday afternoon to protest the presence of the Zionist athletes in the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
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Iran FM Spox dismisses Zionists minister's accusations on Olympics
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani in a message has stressed that the accusations of the minister of the child-killing Israeli regime against Iran regarding the 2024 Paris Olympics is a desperate attempt to divert the world's public opinion from the genocide in Gaza.
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Palestine urges Int’l Olympic Committee to remove Israel from summer games
Tehran, IRNA – Palestine has called on the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to exclude the Israeli regime from the summer games in Paris.
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Thirteen reporters from Iran to cover Paris 2024 Olympics
Tehran, IRNA — Some thirteen journalists from the Islamic Republic are to cover the various events of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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Building of Iranian caravan for Paris Olympics decorated with nat’l flags
Tehran, IRNA - A building of the Iranian caravan in the Paris Olympic Village, decorated with tri-color flag of the Islamic Republic, is located next to the buildings of the athletes from Turkey, Chinese Taipei and China.
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'Olympics are no place for serial killers'
Tehran, IRNA – The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Beirut, Lebanon, has announced that the Olympic Games Paris 2024 are no place for serial and genocidal killers.
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World Olympic Day Conference
The "World Olympic Day" conference was held on Sunday morning (June 23, 2024) at the presence of committee officials and the Ministry of Sports and Youth at the National Olympic Academy.
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Iran secures its third table tennis berth in Paris Olympics
Tehran, IRNA – International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Table Tennis World Ranking in Men’s Singles shows that Iran has secured its third table tennis berth in the Paris Olympics.
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Shahsavari becomes first Iranian woman to feature in three Olympics
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian table tennis star Neda Shahsavari has made history by becoming the first Iranian woman to compete in three Olympic Games.
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Iran earns 34 Paris Olympic 2024 quota spots
Tehran, IRNA – With the conclusion of the 2024 Asian Wrestling Championships and the 2024 World Rowing Asian and Oceanian Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta, Iran’s contingent for the 2024 Paris Olympics has grown to 34 athletes.
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Gymnast seals first ever Olympic berth for Iran
Tehran, IRNA – Iran's national artistic gymnast Mehdi Olfati has sealed the first-ever Olympic berth for the country as announced by the World Federation.
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Iran's Olympic chief assumes post in OCA
Tehran, IRNA - President of National Olympic Committee Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa has gained a seat in the executive board of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
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Iran marks International Olympic Day with flag-hoisting
Tehran, IRNA – A large Olympic flag was hoisted at the headquarters of National Olympic Committee in Iran (NOCIR) on the occasion of International Olympic Day on June 23.
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Supreme Leader receives Iranian athletes
Tehran, IRNA – A number of Iranian athletes in separate Instagram stories referred to their meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday.
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Iranian wrestler receives gold medal of London Olympic Games after 10 years
Iranian wrestler Komeil Ghassemi is given the gold medal of 2012 London Olympic Games 10 years after the competitions in Tehran, Iran, September 1, 2022.
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Iranian wrestler receives Olympic gold after 10 years
Tehran, IRNA – Komeil Ghasemi, Iranian Olympian and Bronze medalist in London 2012 Olympic Games, received his gold medal after 10 years due to positive doping tests of the contestants.
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Iran's Saveh Shemshaki set for 2022 Olympics & Paralympic Games
Tehran, IRNA – Hossein Saveh Shemshaki and Atefeh Ahmadi, Iranian Alpine skiers, received the quota for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games.
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Iran NOC Head terms US boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics; tyranny in world
Tehran, IRNA –Head of Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), Reza Salehi Amiri on Sunday in a letter to his Chinese counterpart, Zhongwen GOU, said that boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is an example of using the Olympics games as a tool to achieve power-seeking goals, increase tensions and promote tyranny in the world.
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Iran National Olympic Committee underlines Tehran-Baghdad sports coop
Tehran, IRNA – Head of Iran National Olympic Committee said on Wednesday in the meeting with the chief of Iraqi Fencing & Modern Pentathlon Federation that Tehran and Baghdad should strengthen sports cooperation.
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Int’l Olympics Committee’s confirmation of Qasemi’s gold received in Iran
Tehran, IRNA – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) forwarding a letter to the head of National Olympic Committee of Iran (NOCI) confirmed Iranian free style wrestler Komeil Qasemi’s gold medal in 2012 London Athletics.
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Leader underscores sports equality in meeting with Olympians, Paralympians
Tehran, IRNA – Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamanei said in the meeting with Iranian Olympians and Paralympians on Saturday that sports equality should be addressed in terms of geography and sports field.
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Leader receives Olympics, Paralympics athletes
Tehran, IRNA - Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday received the Iranian athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic games.
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Supreme Leader to receive Olympics, Paralympic athletes
Tehran, IRNA – Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is to receive on Saturday (today) the Iranian athletes who participated in the Olympics and Paralympic games in Tokyo.