Iranian Darts Association (IDA) is the official governing body for

darts in Iran Darts is a relatively new sport in Iran. History Darts in Iran was founded in 2003 by the efforts of Masoud Zoohori and Mohammad Amin Azizpour through setting up the statutes of the sport and offering it to the Iranian sports authorities. Finall ...

. It is a member of

World Darts Federation The World Darts Federation (WDF) is a sport governing body and (along with the PDC) a tournament organiser for the game of darts. It was formed in 1974 by representatives of the original fourteen founding members. Membership is open to the natio ...

and

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 poli ...

History

Iranian Darts Association (IDA) was founded by the ratification of the

Physical Education Organization of Iran The Physical Education Organization was an effort by the Government of Iran to promote the development of athletics and sporting activities of Iran. It was dissolved in late 2010 and its responsibilities transferred to the Ministry of Sport and Y ...

(Ministry of Sport and Youth) under the supervision of the Iranian Archery Federation on September 21, 2004.

Masoud Zoohori Masoud Zoohori is an Iranian-Australian media proprietor, darts Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboa ...

was the founder president of the Association. The IDA prepared the statutes and regulations in order to hold darts training courses and competitions. Zoohori (IDA President) and Azizpour (IDA Secretary) applied to join the

(WDF). In 2004, WDF invited them to participate in the Federation's convention held in

Perth, Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

in 2005, to defend and provide the reasons of applying for membership of the Iran Darts Association to the WDF. In this meeting, the representatives of IDA in response to the questions asked by the members and authorities of the WDF, presented a documentary report collected out of press reports, as well as, videos and photos of darts classes and competitions. In addition, they announced that at the moment nearly 500,000 people are either training or playing this sport in Iran. Finally, in voting for the acceptance of IDA in WDF, all the members from around 55 countries, voted in favor of acceptance and acclaimed IDA because of making darts more popular among all age groups, for about one minute.

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* Darts in Iran Sports governing bodies in Iran 2004 establishments in Iran Sports organizations established in 2004 Darts organizations {{Iran-sport-stub