Mohammad Reza Akbari Bisheh, ( fa, محمد رضا اكبری بیشه, born September 20, 1986, in

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

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) is a professional

ian

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player who currently plays for

Zob Ahan Isfahan BC Zob Ahan Basketball Club ( fa, باشگاه بسکتبال ذوب‌آهن اصفهان, ''Bashgah-e Beskâtbal-e Zubâhen Esfehan'') is an Iranian professional basketball club based in Isfahan, Iran. They compete in the Iranian Basketball Super L ...

of the Iranian Super League and also for the

Iranian national basketball team The Iranian national basketball team is controlled by the IR Iran Basketball Federation. Overall, the team won three out of the last five FIBA Asia Championship tournaments. History The Iranian national team has had limited success on the in ...

. He is a six-foot-four-inch

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. Akbari is also a member of the Iran national basketball team. He first played for the team during their first ever gold medal run at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007. He saw action in five of nine games off the bench for the Iranians at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, where the team won its second consecutive gold medal to qualify for the

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Honours

National team

* Asian Championship **Gold medal:

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* Asian Under-18 Championship **Gold medal:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

References

Living people 1986 births Iranian men's basketball players Shooting guards Small forwards Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. sportspeople Sportspeople from Isfahan {{Iran-basketball-bio-stub