Sport under Regime

Iranian soccer player Mehdi Mahdavikia sparked controversy in Iranian media after he played in a showcase match with an Israeli coach at the FIFA Arab ...

Athletes who are good enough to compete in the world championships are among the very best in their field. They dedicate their lives to the ...

A member of the Iranian women’s handball team has confirmed that after a tournament in Spain she broke away from the team and will not ...

Iran’s state-run media has recently published the story of the miserable life of one of Iran’s best athletes. The story of a deaf judoka of ...

Iran’s Judo Federation has appealed against a four-year ban from international events for refusing to let its athletes face opponents from Israel.

An Iranian activist and former world champion lambasted Iran for its longstanding ban on Iranians competing against Israelis, following a recent string of incidents in ...

Demanding probe, head of Jordanian association calls on Asian Football Confederation to ‘wake up’; Iran team selector says checks show Zohreh Koudaei is, in fact, ...

The executive manager of United for Navid, an Iranian-run sports organization advancing the human rights of Iranian athletes, filed on Tuesday a formal letter of ...

The Korean marksman Jin Jong-oh has criticised the International Olympic Committee for allowing a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to compete and win ...

Iran's olympian sharpshooter honed his craft during Syria’s civil war – where civilians, mostly women and children, were often put in the crosshairs of live ...

With the Olympic Games underway, we’ve already seen inspirational stories of lifelong dreams coming to fruition through sport. But some athletes never get the chance ...