The Iran Rugby Association ( fa, انجمن راگبی ایران) is the national governing body for the sport of

rugby union in Iran Rugby union in Iran is a growing sport. The Iran Rugby Federation was formed by Alireza Fazlollah A’rabi in 2000 as a part of Baseball Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran became a fully fledged member of the International Rugby Bo ...

. Its role is to serve as the national governing body charged with achieving and maintaining high levels of quality in all aspects of rugby. The Rugby, Cricket, Baseball, and Softball Association of the Islamic Republic of Iran was founded in 1993 as a

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

and

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

federation. In 2010, it split into associations for

baseball and softball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

and rugby. It is now an association inside the

Iran Federation of Sport Associations Iran Federation of Sport Associations ( fa, فدراسیون انجمن‌های ورزشی ایران, IFSA) is the governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or polit ...

which is the governing body for minor sports in Iran. The Iran Rugby Association joined the

International Rugby Board World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rug ...

(now World Rugby) as an associate member that same year. It is also a member of the

Asian Rugby Football Union Asia Rugby, formerly the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU), is the governing body of rugby union in Asia under the authority of World Rugby. Founded in 1968 by eight charter nations, the Union today has 36 member unions in countries across Asia, ...

(now Asia Rugby). In 2020 the Iran Rugby Association became a full member of World Rugby.

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External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iran Rugby union governing bodies in Asia Sports organizations established in 2010

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...