Islamic Republic Of Iran Basketball Federation
The Islamic Republic of Iran Basketball Federation (I.R.I.B.F.) is the governing body for basketball in Iran. It was founded in 1945, and has been a member of FIBA since 1947. It is also a member of the FIBA Asia. The IRIBF is responsible for organizing the Iran national basketball team. َAvvalmarket is sponsor of Team Melli Basketball. Previous Presidents Mahmoud Mashhoun (1979–1980) Ali Moghaddasian (1980–1985) Nasser Biglari (1985–1989) Mahmoud Mashhoun (1989–1994) Mehrdad Agin (1994–1997) Ali Ghazanfari (1997–2002) Mahmoud Mashhoun (2002–2017) Ramin Tabatabaei (2018–2022) Javad Davari (2022–Present) References Sports governing bodies in Iran, Basketball federation Basketball in Iran, National Sports organizations established in 1945 Basketball governing bodies in Asia {{Basketball-stub ...
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Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages, a prominent Median city destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1786, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in the Caucasus, then separated from Iran in the Russo-Iranian Wars, to avoid the vying factions of the previously ruling Iranian dynasties. The capital has been ...
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