Iran Men’s National Team Begin Training on March 31

Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2021 – The Russian Vladimir Alekno, invited 27 players to form Iran Men’s National Team squad in their first training camp which is to begin on March 31. Iran Men’s National Team is to get ready for the 2021 VNL and Olympic Games and beyond.

The 27 invited players are to be analyzed in the first training camp and the possibility to add or remove some of the players will exist for the second training camp.

The first training camp will be held upon the health protocols and all the players will get into the camp with PCR COVID-19 test.

If their test is negative, they can get to the camp and if the result is positive, they will be kept in the lockdown for 15 days.

List of the Invited players to the first National Camp of Iran:

Setters: Saeid Marouf, Mohammad Taher Vadi, Javad Karimi, Ali Ramezani

Opposites: Amir Ghafour, Saber Kazemi, Pourya Yali, Bardia Sa’dat, Amin Esmaeilnezhad

Outside Hitters: Milad Ebadipour, Pourya Fayazi, Meisam Salehi, Salim Cheperli, Amir Hossein Esfandiar, Mohammad Javad Manavinezhad, Morteza Sharifi, Esmaeil Mosafer

Middle Blockers: Seyed Mohammad Mousavi, Masoud Gholami, Ali Shafiei, Ali Asghar Mojarad, Amir Hossein Toukhteh, Reza Abedini, Mehran Feyz Emamdoust

Liberos: Mohammad Reza Hazratpour, Mahdi Marandi, Arman Salehi

Technical Staff: Amir Khoshkhabar (Team Manager), Vladimir Alekno (Assistant Coach), Tomas Totolo (Assistant Coach), Payman Akbari (Assistant Coach), Mohammad Reza Tondravan (Assistant Coach), Saeid Rezaei (Assistant Coach), Azim Jazideh (Assistant Coach), Davoud Moghbeli (Assistant Coach), Kambiz Yaghoubi (Assistant coach), Siamak Afroozi (physiotherapist), Mahdi Khabbaz (Trainer), Navid Moshajari (Scout-Man), Ali Tajoddin (Scout-Man), Ali Pishyareh (Masseur)

It is noted that Vladimir Alekno and Totolo would join the team on April 11.