Trainings of Afghan Women Immigrants Kick Off at the National Women’s Academy

Tehran, Iran, February 17, 2021 – the first training round of Afghan Women Immigrants kicks off at the National Women’s Academy on Wednesday.

Sixteen players are selected in the talent-identification stages taking place in Fars, Khorasan Razavi, Kerman, Khuzestan, Tehran and Qom provinces. They started their training under the instruction of the Iranian technical staff, consisting of Nasrin Khazani (head coach) and Mahsa Arasteh (coach). Ms. Hanifa Arabzadeh from Afghanistan is also the team manager.

It is to noted that the Volleyball Federation of Iran upon the request of the Volleyball Federation of Afghanistan and in order to deepen friendly and sports relations between the two nations of Iran and Afghanistan, has formed a team of Afghan immigrant women living in Iran to participate in Afghanistan Volleyball Tournament in March.