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| Country/Region |  Iran |
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| Code | IRI |
| Created | 1947 |
| Recognized | 1947 |
| Continental Association | OCA |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| President | Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa |
| Website | olympic |
National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a sports governing body situated in Tehran, Iran. It concerns the matters related to the Olympics. [1]
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900. Iran has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1948, except for 1980 and 1984 due to political boycotts. Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956.
Rasoul Khadem Azghadi is a former Iranian wrestler who has won a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was also the 1994 and 1995 world champion and 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 Asian champion. He was trained by his father Mohammad Khadem, and he is also the younger brother of Olympic wrestling bronze medalists Amir Reza Khadem and Ebrahim Khadem.
The Central Asian Games (CAG) is an international multi-sport event organised by the Central Asian Olympic Committee (CAOC) and held every two years since 1995 among athletes from Central Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), especially formerly members of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Iran first participated at the Asian Games in 1951, and has sent athletes to compete in every Asian Games since then, except for 1954, 1962 and 1978.
The Bowling, Billiard and Boules Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (BBBFIR) is the governing body in Iran of ten-pin bowling and most cue sports, up to the international level, and has some involvement in the organisation of competition in boules and related games. Founded in 2000, BBBFIR was originally known as the Iran Bowling and Billiards Federation (IBBF), later also as Iran Bowling and Cue Sports Federation (IranBCS), and Bowling, Billiard and Boules Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (BBFIR). BBBFIR is headquartered in Tehran.
The Paralympic Committee of Iran is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent Iran at the Paralympic Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Iranian teams at the events.
Iran competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games since its official debut in 1948 with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent the nation's second-largest delegation to the Games, one less than it sent to Beijing. A total of 53 athletes, 45 men and 8 women, competed in 14 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Iran's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them are expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Heavyweight boxer Ali Mazaheri was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Rudbar is a city in the Central District of Rudbar-e Jonubi County, Kerman province, Iran, and serves as both capital of the county and of the district.
Cham-e Qalateh, also Romanized as Cham Qalāteh, is a village in Kakavand-e Gharbi Rural District of Kakavand District, Delfan County, Lorestan province, Iran.
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Tabrizi is a retired Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won a silver medal at the 1951 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics.
Oujan is a village in Shakhen Rural District, in the Central District of Birjand County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 834, in 238 families.
Cheshmeh Gach, also Romanized as Cheshmehgach, is a village in Jalalvand Rural District of Firuzabad District, Kermanshah County, Kermanshah province, Iran.
Kelayeh-ye Sofla is a village in Dehdasht-e Sharqi Rural District of the Central District of Kohgiluyeh County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran.
Dasht-e Sar Rural District is a former administrative division of Dabudasht District, Amol County, Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital was the former village of Najjar Mahalleh.
Gatab-e Jonubi Rural District is in Gatab District of Babol County, Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Bala Marzbal.
Owshiyan Rural District is in Chaboksar District of Rudsar County, Gilan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Qasemabad-e Sofla.
Valiabad is a village in Jereh Rural District, Jereh and Baladeh District, Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 141, in 43 families.
Validabad is a village in Jereh, in the Jereh and Baladeh of Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 90, in 26 families.
Darian Rural District is in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Darian.
Mahmoud Khosravivafa or Mahmoud Khosravi-Vafa, is an Iranian conservative politician, who is the President of National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran since 2022. He was a Tehran councillor member from 2003 to 2007. He was also the President of Iran's National Paralympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2001 to 2022, and the President of Sports Federation for the Disabled, in two period of times from 1981 to 1985, and from 1990 to 2017.
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