TEHRAN – Iran’s women’s handball team lost to Kazakhstan 29-26 in the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) on Wednesday.

Iran will face Uzbekistan in the bronze-medal match on Thursday.

The 6th Islamic Solidarity Games, known as Riyadh 2025, are an inter-continental multi-sport event organized by the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF/ISSA) and held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from Nov. 7 to 21.

The event brings together more than 3,000 athletes from 57 nations, competing across 25 sports in one of the Islamic world’s premier multi-sport events.