The Iranian president and parliament speaker have hailed Iran’s under-17 volleyball world championship, as a display of Iran’s youths’ talent, and determination.

The IRGC’s chief commander congratulates Iran’s youth national volleyball team for winning the 2026 FIVB Boys’ U17 World Championship.

Iran captured the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World Championship title after defeating France 3-1 in the final in Doha, Qatar, completing a seven-match winning run.

Iranian women’s volleyball team reached the semifinals of the 2026 AVC Women’s Volleyball Continental Championship for the first time after beating Indonesia 3-1 in the quarterfinals in Tianjin, China.

Iran’s Saeid Esmaeili won the 72-kilogram gold medal at the 69th Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Memorial in Warsaw, defeating Ukraine’s Parviz Nasibov in a rematch of their 2024 Paris Olympics final.

The Iranian team finished fourth in the men's freestyle standings with 103 points, collecting two gold, one silver and one bronze medal at the championships in Slovakia.

Iran’s weightlifting federation president praises the athletes’ success in Tashkent, highlights youth development plans despite various challenges, and outlines goals for the 2026 Asian Games and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.