By Masoud Hossein

Iran volleyball’s future remains unclear

TEHRAN – With about three months until the AVC Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, Iran volleyball’s status is still unknown and is managing by an interim president.

Igor Kolakovic names Iran squad for Olympic qualification

TEHRAN – Iran national volleyball team head coach Igor Kolakovic has announced his 13-man team for the 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Igor Kolakovic satisfied with Iran’s performance against Brazil

TEHRAN – Iran national volleyball team head coach Igor Kolakovic is satisfied with his team’s performance despite suffering a loss against them.

Igor Kolakovic names squad for VNL Final Six

TEHRAN – Igor Kolacovic has named his 14-man squad for the 2019 Volleyball Nations League Final Six.

Igor Kolakovic: Iran need to focus against Argentina

TEHRAN – Iran national volleyball team head coach Igor Kolakovic says his team need to focus on the match against Argentina.

Iran played far beyond expectations: Igor Kolakovic

TEHRAN – Iran national volleyball team coach Igor Kolakovic says his team played far beyond his expectations in Week 1 of the men’s 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League.

Iran coach Kolakovic sends message to Michal Kubiak

TEHRAN – Iran national volleyball team head coach Igor Kolakovic has sent a message to Poland captain Michal Kubiak.

Iran ready for VNL challenge: Igor Kolakovic

TEHRAN – Iran volleyball coach Igor Kolakovic says they are well-prepared for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League Week 1.

Igor Kolakovic returns to Iran

TEHRAN - Montenegrin coach Igor Kolakovic held a meeting with Iran Volleyball Federation acting president Afshin Davari on Wednesday.

‘It is not sport!’ says disgusted coach

FBI’s nasty treatment of Iran national volleyball team

TEHRAN – Iran national team volleyball players were treated badly by security forces as they landed in a U.S. airport to face their American opponents in a FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League (VNL) match.

Iran volleyball team to play Serbia in friendlies

TEHRAN - As Team Melli inch closer to their appearances in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) and the FIVB World Championships, a series of friendly matches have been confirmed.

Team Melli coaches plant trees

On the occasion of the Week of Natural Resources, March 6-13, the head coaches of Iran national volleyball and football teams expressed their appreciation for nature by planting trees in Tehran.

No guarantee for winning medal: Igor Kolakovic

TEHRAN - Iran national volleyball team head coach Igor Kolakovic says there is no guarantee to win a medal but they will do their best to earn the best results.

By Farnaz Heidari

Digging deep into human-carnivore conflicts in Iran

Human-carnivore conflicts is rapidly increasing in Iran. For instance just recently a young boy who was tending his sheep was attacked by a black bear on July 10, 2017 on the outskirts of a village in Jiroft, southeastern province of Kerman.

Iran earn fourth successive win at FIVB Volleyball World Championship Asian Qualifier

Iran earned their fourth successive win at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Asian Qualifier.

Adel Gholami expelled from Iran volleyball team after bust-up with teammate

Adel Gholami, Iran’s volleyball middle blocker, stormed out of the training following a bust-up with teammate Mohammad Mousavi.

Iran lose to Poland at FIVB World League

Iran lost to Poland 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-22) in Week 3 of the 2017 FIVB World League Saturday night.

Iran beaten by Italy at FIVB Volleyball World League opener

Italy started off their 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League campaign with a straight-set home win against Iran. The crowd in Pesaro was pleased to see the home heroes master a 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-22) shutout.

Kolakovic invites 20 players to Iran volleyball training camp

Igor Kolakovic, head coach of the Iran men’s national volleyball team, has initially called 20 players to the camp in preparation for four major competitions including the World League, the Grand Champions Cup and the Asian Championship.

Kolakovic ready to blood new faces in pursuit of glory

New Iran coach Igor Kolakovic has warned Iran’s senior players that they have no guarantee of a place in his team with the twin challenge of the 2017 FIVB World League and Asian Championship coming up this year.

Peyman Akbari named Iran volleyball coach

Paykan coach Peyman Akbari has been named as coach of Iran volleyball national team on Monday.

Volleyball is not a job for me, it is my life: Igor Kolakovic

Iran’s newly-appointed volleyball head coach Igor Kolakovic promised to make every effort to lead Iran to glory in the prestigious tournaments.

Igor Kolakovic appointed as Iran volleyball coach

After negotiations with several famous coaches in the last month, Iran Volleyball Federation appointed Igor Kolakovic as new Team Melli head coach.

Igor Kolakovic: Iran have good technical players

Iran volleyball candidate Igor Kolakovic praised technical abilities of the Iranian players.

Igor Kolakovic: Iran volleyball federation asked me four-year plan

Serbian volleyball coach Igor Kolakovic says that Iran Volleyball Federation has asked him to send them a short plan for a four years period.