On the occasion of International Youth Day, a celebration ceremony was held in Tehran by UNESCO, in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, other UN agencies, and the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO in Sa’adabad Cultural and Historical Complex on the 13th August 2017.

Iranian senior men's volleyball squad finished undefeated, securing first standing in the Asian Qualification matches for 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championships on Monday 14/08/2017 in Ardabil.

"During the Junior GR- Free Style World Wrestling Championships staged on 01-06 August, 2017 in Tampare, Finland, Iran's Greco Roman squad emerged on the top title.

During the Asian Cadet GR- Freestyle Wrestling Championships 2017 staged on 20-23 July, 2017 in Bangkok Youth Center, Iran's representatives in both disciplines claimed the team titles.

Under the "Shiraz-OIC Youth Capital 2017" International Program, Shiraz will host Muslim Future Thinkers Forum "Rethinking the Ummah in light of Molla Sadra" to be staged on 21-23/07/2017, attended by International Muslim scholars as well as the young Muslim academicians of OIC Member States.

On Monday evening 12 June, Iran men's national football team booked their place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, after a 2-0 victory over Uzbekistan.

"During the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships staged on 06-09 July, 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India, Iranian side showed the brilliant display, delivering the best results ever experienced in the history of such events with 4 gold and one bronze as below", as reported by I.R.Iran Athletics Federation:

During the 16th AKF Cadet, Junior and U-21 Championships- 2017 attended by 660 athletes from 27 countries on 13-14 July in Astana, Kazakhstan, the Iranian cadet and junior candidates in both individual and kumite contests, collected total of 32 medals including 16 gold, 8 silver, and 8 bronze to secure the top spot, finishing above Japan and Kazakhstan in the medal tally.

Iran Minister of Sport and Youth sent a message to the Ministers of Sport and Youth of Islamic countries.

In a text message in his Instagram, Minister of Sport and Youth, Dr. Masoud Soltanifar, congratulated Kimia Alizadeh for the silver medal at World Taekwondo Champs.