(Reuters) - Iran said on Friday it had barred a U.S. wrestling team from the Freestyle World Cup competition in retaliation for an executive order by President Donald Trump banning visas for Iranians, ...

Former Iranian wrestler Sardar Pashei and Israeli Olympian AJ Edelman criticize the U.S.-Iran deal, calling it a dangerous ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s wrestling team Friday defeated the United States wrestling team to secure the gold medal at the Freestyle World Cup. During the final matches, Iranian wrestlers sealed a 5-3 ...

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei on Sunday paid a heartfelt tribute to legendary wrestler Abdullah Movahed, saying his passing reflects a defining trait of Iranian culture--where ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has lifted a ban on U.S. wrestlers, allowing them to take part in the Freestyle World Cup later this month in the Iranian city of Kermanshah, Iranian media reported. The Sunday ...

Amir Hossein Abbas Zare draws strength from his zurkhaneh (a traditional Iranian gymnasium) roots in Iran’s storied wrestling culture. As he once put it, “Zurkhanehs have a spiritual atmosphere. It is ...

Iran executed 19-year-old champion wrestler Saleh Mohammadi for protesting the Khamenei regime. According to Iranian American human rights activists and dissidents, reports said that Mohammadi was ...

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Hoomanities, a nonprofit leveraging sports diplomacy through wrestling, has launched expanded cross-cultural exchange initiatives in the Middle East and Central Asia, building on nearly two decades of ...