Bahram Afsharzadeh: We are expanding the Pahlavi movement

According to the public relations report of the International Wrestling and Wrestling Federation, quoted by Sada Vasima news agency: Afsharzadeh regarding holding the first round South Asian Games in a conversation with the reporter of Sada and Sima news agency, said: This sport started 13 years ago and I was the secretary general of the National Olympic Committee at that time. I wanted to get the approval of several countries by introducing this sport to the Olympic Council of Asia. To be able to expand this sport in a better way and to be able to officially participate in Asian competitions and to have the approval of the Olympic Council of Asia. Due to the changes made in the federation, unfortunately, this issue was postponed, but fortunately, we were able to, with the emphasis of the authorities. The supreme leadership of this sport, let us spread it in different countries and introduce the wrestling movement to different countries, and now 85 countries are members of the World Wrestling Federation. We are in direct contact with many of these 85 countries and correspond with them, and a few of these federations also correspond with the heads of their national committees, and considering that Mr. Mehralizadeh in these 4 years They have spent a lot of time in Zorkhaneh sports federation and many efforts have been made, this world federation has now found a very suitable shape. Now this world federation has a codified statute, various committees have been formed in it, and we are busy training different countries in this field. Of course, we need time to further expand this sport, we have made several good films about this sport to provide to the countries. The preparations were to have a 4-year calendar for the World Federation, which we have done well and its work is being followed up, I hope that by the end of December, which is the end of 2016, we will be able to complete its calendar. implement and be able to do this with the content of the educational classes we have. The first official appearance of this wrestling sport took place in the competitions of Islamic countries, and the countries that had not participated in the Islamic Games directly attended these games and saw and touched this sport closely. We have tried to move forward step by step. O world, we don't have an easy job

Afsharzadeh added: When volleyball came to Iran, a tour and We had a ball and a size of the field, but it is not so easy in the sport of zorkhaneh, you must have a mentor who has a good voice, is familiar with the culture of this sport, wants to have a desire, a stone, and each of these for They want a separate federation. Countries cannot prepare this and we also prepare and send these supplies to countries. It is not an easy task, but I hope that with our efforts and budget, we will provide better conditions and train good coaches in this field in other countries, so that we will less want to use our own coaches and judges in this field. All the countries of the world have such sports, for example, South Korea expanded taekwondo and since 1998 when we won a medal in this discipline and until today, see how much the world's taekwondo has changed, how much Koreans have helped us in the field of taekwondo. They provided facilities, our coach Ponce was a single young man since he came to Iran from South Korea, but he stayed in Iran and married a Korean wife and is still in Iran, this coach became a prince of the Islamic Republic of Iran and owes It became the sport of our country, countries like China, Japan and Korea have such sports, karate is for Japan. Wushu is also for China, I want to say that there is a field for this work in all countries, but in the sport of strength, countries have no precedent and we have to start from scratch.

  We hope that in the Asian Games, Indonesia will have a strong sports presence

This  The sport started 13 years ago and I was the secretary general of the National Olympic Committee at that time, I wanted to get the approval of several countries by introducing this sport to the Olympic Council of Asia. so that we can expand this sport in a better way and be able to officially participate in Asian competitions and have the approval of the Olympic Council of Asia. Unfortunately, due to the changes made in the federation, this issue was postponed, but fortunately, we were able to The supreme leadership of this sport, let's spread it in different countries and introduce the wrestling movement to different countries, and now 85 countries are members of the World Wrestling Federation. We have direct communication with many of these 85 countries and  We correspond with them, and a few of these federations also correspond with the heads of the national committees of their countries, and considering that Mr. Mehralizadeh These 4 years have been a good time in the Zorkhaneh Sports Federation and a lot of efforts have been made, this world federation has now found a very suitable shape. Now this federation c Hani has a written statute, various committees have been formed in it, and we are training different countries in this field. Of course, we need time to further expand this sport, we have made several good films about this sport to provide to the countries. The preparations were to have a 4-year calendar for the World Federation, which we have done well and its work is being followed up, I hope that by the end of December, which is the end of 2016, we will be able to complete its calendar. implement and be able to do this with the content of the educational classes we have. The first official appearance of this wrestling sport took place in the competitions of Islamic countries, and the countries that had not participated in the Islamic Games directly attended these games and saw and touched this sport closely. We have tried to go step by step.

  We don't have an easy job to spread the sport of zurkhaneh in the world

When volleyball came to Iran, we had a net, a ball, and a size of the field, but in Zorkhaneh sport, it is not so easy, you must have a mentor who also has a good voice. , he is familiar with the culture of this sport, he wants to have a separate federation for himself. Countries cannot prepare this and we also prepare and send these supplies to countries. It is not an easy task, but I hope that with our efforts and budget, we will provide better conditions and train good coaches in this field in other countries, so that we will less want to use our own coaches and judges in this field. All the countries of the world have such sports, for example, South Korea expanded taekwondo and since 1998 when we won a medal in this discipline and until today, see how much the world's taekwondo has changed, how much Koreans have helped us in the field of taekwondo. They provided facilities, our coach Ponce was a single young man since he came to Iran from South Korea, but he stayed in Iran and married a Korean wife and is still in Iran, this coach became a prince of the Islamic Republic of Iran and owes It became the sport of our country, countries like China, Japan and Korea have such sports, karate is for Japan. Wushu is also for China, I want to say that there is a field for this work in all countries, but in the sport of strength, countries have no precedent and we have to start from scratch.

 We hope that in the Asian Games, Indonesia will have Zorkhaneh sports as a demonstration

We are holding this tournament for the first time in South Asia, and you know that with very good facilities in preparation We are holding these competitions, this will be a turning point for Asian countries to be active in wrestling and wrestling. We are going to have a meeting with Sheikh Ahmed and if we can get his confirmation, which will not be far from reach, we can hold these competitions in a demonstration form in the Asian Games in Indonesia, so that 45 countries that are members of the Asian Sports Council will participate in this sport. to see closely. Most of the countries of the world display their indigenous and local sports in these games, and I think that these competitions will be the best opportunity to show the traditional sports. With the knowledge I have of my country and the culture of Iran, I believe that this discipline can expand and with the emphasis of the Supreme Leader in the future, we will see the expansion and success of this sport and the membership of more countries in the world in the World Sports Federation. Let's be strong.