National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a sports governing body situated in
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 popul ...
, Iran. It concerns the matters related to the
Olympics
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
.
The current president of
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
of Iran is
Mahmoud Khosravivafa
Mahmoud Khosravivafa ( fa, محمود خسرویوفا) or Mahmoud Khosravi-Vafa, is an Iranian conservative politician, who is the President of National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran since 2022. He was a Tehran councillor ...
, replacing
Reza Salehi Amiri
Reza Salehi Amiri ( fa, رضا صالحی امیری) is an Iranian politician, who was the President of National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from 2018 to 2022. He was a deputy to Mayor of Tehran and was also Minister of C ...
on January 15, 2018.
Presidents
See also
*
Iran at the Olympics
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900. Iran has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1948, except for 1980 and 1984 due to political boycotts. Iran has ...
*
National Olympic Academy of Iran National Olympic and Paralympic Academy of Iran ( fa, آکادمی ملی المپیک و پارالمپیک ایران) is a sporting academy situated in Tehran, Iran. It concerns the matters related to the Olympics and Paralympics
The Paralym ...
*
I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
The Paralympic Committee of Iran is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent Iran at the Paralympic Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Iranian teams at the events.
Presidents
See also
*National ...
References
External links
Official website
Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...
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 ...
Iran at the Olympics
1947 establishments in Iran
Sports organizations established in 1947
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