TEHRAN – Iran’s 19th Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival concluded on Sunday with a prestigious award ceremony held at Tehran's City Theater to honor the winners.

In the Outdoor Section of the festival, “Shiloo” by Faramarz Gholamian was named the best play. 

In Children Section of the festival, “The Little Black Fish” by Hojjat Hashemi and “The Darkn

TEHRAN - Iran defeated Bahrain 3-0 (25–11, 25–19, 25–19) in Pool A of the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship on Sunday.

Iran had previously defeated Thailand and Tunisia in the preliminary stage.

Iran will meet Poland E on Tuesday.

The 22nd edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship is being held in Manama, Bahrain

TEHRAN – Iran lost to Cuba 3-2 (25-22, 26-28, 25-23, 28-30, 15-10) in the 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Week 3 in Anaheim, the U.S. early Monday.

Jesus Herrera Jaime from Cuba scored 28 points and Iran’s Bardia Saadat earned 17 points.

It was Iran’s 10th defeat in 12 matches in 2023 VNL.

Iran lost to Japan, Poland, Slovenia, Italy, the

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