International Judo Federation (IJF) President Marius Vizer has promised that Iran will be "welcome back" in September when the country’s suspension is set to end.

Saeid Mollaei and Hidayat Heydarov secured two more gold medals for the host nation Azerbaijan on the second day of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Slam in Baku.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld a four-year suspension of Iran handed down by the International Judo Federation (IJF) over judoka Saeid Mollaei being ordered to lose at the 2019 World Championships to avoid facing an opponent from Israel.

Following on from the controversy at the 2019 World Championships, Saeid Mollaei and Sagi Muki finally met at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Slam in Budapest, embracing after their contest, three years after the Iranian-born athlete was ordered to throw a match.

Reza Salehi Amiri is set to step down as President of the Iranian National Olympic Committee (NOC) after four years in the position.

Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine, who withdrew from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to avoid facing an Israeli opponent, and his coach Amar Benikhlef have been banned from the sport for 10 years.

Five years after losing the Rio 2016 women’s under-63 kilograms final to Slovenia’s Tina Trstenjak, French judoka Clarisse Agbegnenou defeated the same opponent here this evening to earn the only gold her career has been missing.

An audio file has been published purportedly of Iran Judo Federation President Arash Miresmaeili instructing the coach of Saeid Mollaei to inform the judoka to lose a contest to avoid facing an Israeli opponent.

Iran has been hit with a four-year ban by the International Judo Federation (IJF) for "repeated and severe breaches" of the organisation’s statutes and the values of Olympism, after it instructed judoka Saeid Mollaei to avoid facing an opponent from Israel at the 2019 World Championships.

The Iran Judo Federation breached the Olympic Charter by instructing Saeid Mollaei to withdraw to avoid facing an opponent from Israel at the 2019 World Championships, according to the full Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision in the case.

Mongolian judoka Saeid Mollaei claimed a historic silver medal in the men’s under-81 kilograms category on the second day of the International Judo Federation Tel Aviv Grand Slam.

Tel Aviv’s hosting of the first International Judo Federation Grand Slam to be staged in Israel got off to a riveting start as Olympic champion Majlinda Kelmendi and double world champion Daria Bilodid suffered shock defeats, and Iran described the participation of its former judoka Saeid Mollaei as "a stain of shame".

The International Judo Federation’s (IJF) 2021 Grand Slam season starts in Israel tomorrow as Tel Aviv hosts an event that could see a historic meeting between home judoka Sagi Muki and Saeid Mollaei.

A message of support for Saeid Mollaei has been posted by the Israeli rival he was ordered not to fight by officials in Iran, which led to the country being banned by the International Judo Federation (IUF).

Iran’s mistreatment of athletes is set to come under the spotlight again when the country’s National Judo Federation launch an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to try to overturn an international ban.