The Azadegan League, also known as League 1, is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from its foundation in 1991 until 2001, when the Persian Gulf Pro League was established.
Iranian football's 2nd division is the third-highest football division overall in the Iranian football league system. Before 2001, the 2nd division league was the second-highest division in the national football league system. However, it was changed to third-highest division when Iran's football structure officially became professional.
The Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL) is a professional men's basketball league in Iran. It was founded in 1998. The current champions is Shahrdari Gorgan. The league follows the promotion and relegation system in which the worst two teams are relegated to 1st Division.
Petrochimi Bandar Imam Basketball Club, also known as shortly Petrochimi, is an Iranian professional basketball club based in Mahshahr, Iran. They compete in the Iranian Basketball Super League. In 2012 they became the first club in Iran to establish a basketball youth academy.
Saeid Davarpanah is an Iranian professional basketball player, currently playing as a guard for Naft Abadan in the Iranian Basketball Super League. He is also a member of the Iranian national basketball team and competed at the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament.He was the youngest basketball player of Iran national basketball team at the 2008 Olympic Basketball He has been recognized as the best player in the Iranian Basketball League several times since 2008. He also competed in the 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, and his brilliance in these competitions made him more popular among the fans of the Iran Basketball League. He is especially popular among league fans in southern Iran due to his long and colorful presence in the Naft Abadan and Petrochimi.
Ali Doraghi is an Iranian professional basketball player, currently playing as a center for Naft Abadan in the Iranian Basketball Super League. He is also a member of the Iranian national basketball team that won the gold medal at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and he competed at the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament. He is 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) in height.
Doron Perkins is a former American professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. Standing at 1.91 m he can play as either a point guard or a shooting guard. He was the 2009 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, and the 2010 and 2011 Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year.
Asghar Kardoust Poustinsaraei is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Naft Abadan in the Iranian Super League as well as for the Iranian national basketball team, as a center. He participated in his first major international competition for the Iranian team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.
Naft Masjed Soleyman Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Masjed-Soleyman, Iran. They currently compete in the Azadegan League after being relegated in the 2022-23 season. Naft Masjed-Soleyman is owned by the NISOC.
Sanat Naft Abadan Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Abadan, Iran. They currently play in the Persian Gulf Pro League after being promoted from the Azadegan League in the 2015–2016 season. The team is sponsored by Iran's national petroleum industry and is part of the sports club Sanat Naft Athletic Club. Sanat Naft has a reserve team, Sanat Naft Novin who currently compete in the 2nd Division.
Ivan Maraš is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for Okapi Aalst of the Belgian BNXT League.
Yanick Pires Moreira is an Angolan professional basketball player who plays for Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He played two seasons of college basketball for the SMU Mustangs.
Farid Aslani is an Iranian professional basketball player. He is 6' (183cm), plays as a Point guard. He has played for Iranian Basketball Clubs including Azad University Tehran, Mahram Tehran, Palayesh Naft Abadan, Petrochimi Bandar Imam, Zob Ahan Isfahan. He also competed in the 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, and his brilliance in these competitions made him more popular among the fans of the Iran Basketball League. He is especially popular among league fans in southern Iran due to his long and colorful presence in the Naft Abadan and Petrochimi.
The 2017–18 season was the Persepolis's 17th season in the Pro League, and their 35th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup, Super Cup and AFC Champions League.
Navid Rezaeifar is an Iranian basketball player for Naft Abadan and the Iranian national team.
The Iran women's national under-16 basketball team is the national basketball team of Iran for Junior Women, governed by the Islamic Republic of Iran Basketball Federation. It represents the country in international under-16 women's basketball competitions.
Rasoul Mozaffari Vanani, known as Rasoul Mozaffari, is an Iranian professional basketball player for Petrochimi Bandar Imam in the Iranian Super League as well as for the Iranian national basketball team.
Faezeh Shahriari is an Iranian basketball player. She plays in the shooting guard position and she is bronze medal holder of the 2019 FISU in China.
The FIBAWest Asia Super League (WASL) is an international basketball league organised by FIBA Asia, consisting of clubs from West Asia and Gulf regions, in addition to the representatives of South Asia and Kazakhstan. The league was announced in 2022 and started with the inaugural season from December, until June 2023.
Mohammad Torabi is an Iranian professional basketball player for Palayesh Naft Abadan of the Iranian Basketball Super League.
