Tasnim Irans Behdad Salimi from Iran claimed a gold medal in the weightlifting mens +105 kg on Monday. Salimi bade farewell soon after winning his third successive gold medal at the Asian games. Salimi lifted 208 kg in snatch and 253kg in clean and jerk. He came first for a total lift of 461kg. Another Iranian weightlifter saeid Alihosseini ...

MNA Iranian weightlifters won their first World Weightlifting Championship 2017, which was held in Anaheim, Los Angeles, CA, USA from 28 November to 5 December. Saeed Ali Hosseini and Behdad Salimi were two last Iranian weightlifters who won silver and bronze medals respectively on the last day of the competitions, leading the Iranian team to win ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   No deal under new oil contracts, Irans oil minister says An Iranian lawmaker quoted Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh as saying that the country has not signed any deal with foreign customers using a new model of oil contracts, giving an assurance that the much-questioned model ...

TEHRAN: The International Weightlifting Federation website was hacked Wednesday and its Instagram page flooded with over 285,000 comments after Iran's star lifter Behdad Salimikordasiabi controversially crashed out of the Rio Games. Having broken a world record in a previous round, the 26-year-old super heavyweight was disqualified when Olympic ...

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17, IRNA Head of Iran Weightlifting Federation Ali Moradi said that the Jury's 'unjust' decision against Iranian weightlifter Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi will certainly be recoded in the history. Referring to the jury's decision to overturn the referees' green light to Salimi's lift, Moradi said, 'It was cruelty and they didn't want ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Two ISIL members traveling on board Iranian weightlifter and Olympics gold winner Behdad Salimi's flight, were arrested by Brazilian police upon arrival in Sao Paulo. "Once the doors of the plane opened (at the airport), a large number of security and special forces entered and arrested the two suspected ISIL members," Salimi told ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) Iranian heavyweight weightlifters Barari and Salimi left Iran on Tuesday morning to participate in Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The third Iranian weightlifting squad comprisingMohammad Reza Barari and Behdad Salimi in 105-kg weight category left Tehran for Rio de Janeiro Tuesday morning accompanied by IWF's Bulgarian consultant ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter Behdad Salimi is going to quit after winning a gold medal in the 2016 Olympic Games. Salimi won a gold medal by hoisting 455 kg in total in the London 2012 Olympic Games. The lifter tore his left ACL during an attempted 262 kilo clean & jerk in training in late October. The injury ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran's Super heavyweight weightlifter Behdad Salimi has had surgery to repair the torn ACL in his left knee on Wednesday. The surgery was performed by orthopedist Dr. Sohrab Keyhani in Tehrans Kian Hospital. Salimi suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in his left knee in late October in the training. The gold ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Irans super heavyweight Behdad Salimi missed the 2015 World Weightlifting Championship after he suffered a serious knee injury in the training on Monday. Salimi was helped off the field. He will have an MRI Tuesday afternoon to confirm the extent of the injury, according to Iran Weightlifting Federations doctor Davoud Bagheri....

[caption id="attachment_111308" align="alignright" width="170"] Irans weightlifting world champion Behdad Salimi[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian super heavyweight lifter Behdad Salimi said that he is unhappy to win a silver medal in the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships. On Sunday, the Iranian strongman won a silver medal with a total ...

The speech of the Iranian president at the UN General Assembly and the gold medal Iranian heavyweight weightlifter grabbed in the Asian Games in South Korea dominated the front pages of a majority of Iranian newspapers on Saturday (September 27). Also remarks by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sacred Defense and talks between Iran, ...

By Reuters (Reuters) - Iran's Behdad Salimikordasiabi won gold in the headline event of the London Olympic weightlifting competition on Tuesday to claim the title of strongest man at the Games. His fellow countryman Sajjad Anoushiravani Hamlabad took the silver to seal a one-two that delighted a crowed packed with Iranian supporters and asserted ...

By Press TV Iranian lifter Behdad Salimi has won the gold medal in the men's +105-kilogram category of the weightlifting competition of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The 22-year-old superheavyweight lifted a total of 455 kilograms to win the gold medal in the event, which was held at London's ExCel arena on Tuesday. Iranian weightlifter ...