Iranian veteran sports journalist dies at 57

TEHRAN,March 3(MNA)--Iranian veteran sports journalist Manouchehr Vahedi has died at age 57 after battling blood cancer for several years. Vahedi passed away on Friday in Tehran’s Imam Hossein Hospital. He will be laid to rest at the Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery on Saturday and He be remembered by all his colleagues and relatives. The Tehran Times staff offers its heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family.