An excerpt from the interview of Engineer Mehr Alizadeh

In an interview with ISNA news agency, Dr. Mehr Alizadeh responded to the public relations report of the International Federation of Powerlifting and Wrestling Sports  to questions about  This is how the International Federation of Powerlifting Sports and Wrestling was created.

Tell us about the International Federation of Powerlifting Sports. Do you receive funding from the government?

No, the federation is provided with assistance, which is small and mainly done by the people.

 The conditions were supposed to progress in such a way that Zurkhaneh sports would participate in the games of Islamic countries, the Asian Games and even the Olympics, but it seems that the conditions are such that It should not go ahead.

By the way, my opinion is the opposite, and the work went hundreds of times more than we thought. In the country, we have a national federation of wrestling and zurkhaneh sports, and its task is to spread the field of It is mentioned in the country.

- Is there a problem between the International Federation of Sports and the National Federation of Sports? Are there no heroic and violent actions?

There is no reason for tension.

- But there are various talks about differences These two collections existed and became the media!

In the early years of work, because the division of duties was not well established, there were some issues that were gradually resolved. Different countries spend money for the development of their country's culture through sports in other countries of the world, and this is an issue that has been considered in the International Sports Federation. We must introduce Zorkhaneh sport and wrestling, which is an authentic Iranian Islamic culture, to the world. We do not expect everyone to understand the necessity and importance of this issue. We registered this federation in Switzerland and decided to witness its spread and development in other countries of the world with financial and spiritual support. The reason for the differences was that the national and international fields were not defined and due to the creation of the federation. International, which didn't exist before, that's why it caused controversial issues to be raised. By the way, the International Federation of Sports is not a force like FIFA that has special power, but by the way, this federation is thin and its roots are in the national federation and it should be supported. Fortunately, over time, we were able to solve the issues, and now there is a very good interaction between the two groups, and cooperation is ongoing in the national and international spheres. Today, in 85 countries of the world, knowledge has been created about the field of powerlifting and wrestling, and we have more than 20 mentors from different countries in the world.

-  How is your budget financed?

Since the presence of Ahmadi-Najad government, we have not been helped and we told ourselves that if we leave this newly formed seed, it will perish, so With the help of benefactors from charity and the help of various people, we have been able to advance our financial issues and even the Federation building was presented to us by a benefactor. He announced that as long as you operate with such an intention, this building will be at the disposal of the International Federation of Powerlifting Sports. Hashmi, I closed women's sports! make it happen?

We were present in Baku in the previous period of the Games of Islamic countries, and despite a lot of personal effort, I used all my political credibility, but in the new period, Ali‌ despite the effort The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Sports will not participate in the competition. This issue has various reasons, the most important of which is due to political issues. The involved countries, including Türkiye and Saudi Arabia, do not cooperate with us much in the political field. This field is very important for our country and unfortunately, there is no comparison of the previous one that was held in Azerbaijan.

When will we be able to go to the Asian Games or Going to the Olympics depends on the government's support for this field and activity. Current support is minimal and zero, and if support is provided, we will succeed in a short time, and otherwise we will never succeed. We have representatives in 85 countries of the world, out of which only 25 countries have been able to register their national federation. Other countries need education, and if we want to consider the field of education in different countries, including America and Africa, we need funds.  

on a regular and annual We hold World Cup and World Championship competitions. We are trying to organize competitions in different continents and so far we have organized six Asian competitions and we have not succeeded in holding the seventh one due to lack of financial resources. Holding these competitions requires a budget of 1.5 to 2 billion Tomans, and despite the increase in prices, we have not managed to get funding. There should be no gender perspective in this sport, and this m We will solve the problem and women wearing Islamic clothing can participate in the competitions.