Iran took charge of day two at the Asian Wrestling Championships, winning three gold medals across five Greco-Roman finals in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.

Campaign group United for Navid has called for FIFA to suspend Iran and prevent the nation's participation in this year's men's World Cup after women were prevented from entering the stadium for a qualifier versus Lebanon.

Iranian authorities prevented dozens of Iranian women from entering the Imam Reza Stadium in Mashhad last Tuesday (March 29) by potentially using excessive force.

Iran ended Qatar’s long reign as holders of the Men’s Asian Beach Handball Championship crown when they triumphed on home sand in Tehran.

Iran is set to field a women’s volleyball team at the Asian Games for the first time in 48 years at Hangzhou 2022.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation has pulled out of a scheduled exhibition bout against the United States at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Saturday (February 12) due to visa issues.

South Korea have qualified for a 10th consecutive FIFA World Cup, with Iran also booking their place at the tournament in Qatar later this year.

A sensational third attempt from Iran's Mohsen Beheshti Rad in the men's speed final at the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation's Ice Climbing World Championships in Saas-Fee earned him gold, while the Russian Mountaineering Federation's (RMF) Natalia Savitskaia took the women's title.

Chinese Taipei secured second place in Group A of the Women's Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup with a 5-0 thumping of Iran at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai which all but ended their opponents' hopes of making the quarter-finals.

Bahrain and Iran booked their spots in the semi-finals of the Asian Men's Handball Championship in Dammam with narrow victories in Group II.

Eight-time winners China opened the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Chinese Taipei, while hosts India played out a goalless draw with Iran.

Hadi Saei, Iran's most successful Olympian, has been elected Islamic Republic of Iran Taekwondo Federation President.

Iran Seyad Reza Salehi Amiri, President of the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NOCIRI), has met with the Chinese Ambassador to Tehran to discuss preparations for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

The United States-led diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has been condemned by Iran.

Iran's Aliakbar Gharibshi marked his World Para Powerlifting Championships debut in style as he broke the world record to win gold in the men's up-to-107 kilograms event in Tbilisi.