Dr. Vahid Rabiei, Secretary of the Weightlifting Federation, gave an explanation in an interview with the Federation’s Public Relations about the holding of the Fajr Cup international tournament, the national team’s dispatches, and domestic competitions:
He expressed his satisfaction with the holding of the Fajr Cup.
Immediately after the completion of the international expeditions in 1404, we were able to hold the Fajr Cup in Tehran with the participation of 8 countries and with good quality. All the teams present were documented to be satisfied with the competition and after many years we were able to hold a good international weightlifting tournament. Mohammad Jaloud, the president of the World Weightlifting Federation, thanked Iran for hosting and announced on the final day of the competition that “I have come to the conclusion that Iran can host bigger competitions and we are trying to hand over the hosting of bigger competitions to Iran and I am sure that Iran can hold it well.”

We moved forward according to the developed plan, we can almost say that all our plans were carried out according to the sports calendar of the year that was developed in advance. Since the beginning of the year, we have had important missions, which began with the participation of the girls’ and boys’ teams in the World Junior and Youth Championships in Peru. We also sent 3 people to the Asian Championships in China.

National team camps were held without interruption:
The national team camps were also held without interruption, and we did not see any interruption except for a short break due to the 12-day war in women’s camps. The only overseas competition we missed was the Asian Junior and Youth Championship in Kazakhstan, which was not possible due to the special conditions of the country. After that period, we held the national junior competitions for 13-15 and 17-16 years old, hosted by Tehran.
When the team was in the Asian Junior Games in Bahrain, we also held the national youth competitions hosted by the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Shahrekord delegations, which witnessed high-quality competitions.

The case of the 1404 competitions is closed with the holding of the adult competitions.

In recent months, we have had 3 important international expeditions. The Iranian men’s national team became world champions for the second time after 8 years, and we were able to win good medals and the kids set good records. The Iranian under-17 team went to the Asian Games in Bahrain, and after that, we sent the women’s and men’s teams to the Islamic Solidarity Games. In early January, we will have the second week of the adult league and the youth final. We will soon introduce the host of the adult national championship, which will be held in early February.
At the end of February, we will have the finals of the adult league, which will close our competition file for 1404.
By holding the remaining adult competitions, we have completed all the competitions of the year according to the calendar we had and have not missed any competition. God willing, we will have a similar trend next year and will hold even higher quality domestic competitions and even host the Fajr International Cup with the participation of more countries.

Holding a camp for selected young talent scouts:
In the remaining months, we will probably hold a week-long camp for young girls and boys who were selected in regional talent scouting projects, to closely monitor their conditions and support them.
We had also planned for those who participated in last year’s talent scouting to attend a camp before the end of 1403, but the conditions did not arise and we decided to hold the camp at the beginning of the new year, which coincided with the 12-day war. Now, in the Bahman camp, we are inviting people who participated in the youth scouts last year and are still in this age group.

National team training camp to begin in the coming weeks:
The Iranian men’s and women’s national team training camps will begin in the next two to three weeks to participate in the Asian Championship to be held at the beginning of 1405, and will be held without interruption, just like the year we left behind.
The national team players were in training camp continuously for almost 10 months, and at the discretion of the national team coaching staff, we had a one-month break.

We made the final decision about handing over CrossFit:
At the suggestion of the President of the World Federation, who emphasizes that the Federation should focus on weightlifting as an Olympic and medal-winning discipline for Iran, we made the final decision ourselves and announced that if the Ministry of Sports wants to move this association to another place, we have no problem. Mr. Anoushirvani also announced in his meeting that, according to the recommendation of the Minister and the leaders, we have no problem with handing over the CrossFit association.

We also held the veterans’ competitions in Hamedan province, hosted by Malayer, which again attracted the attention of weightlifters in this age group and we witnessed good competition.

Coach and referee improvement classes were held as scheduled:

In terms of training, this year we also held coaching and referee improvement classes according to our plan so that those who are willing can improve their coaching and refereeing cards. We conducted many classes in cooperation with the provincial boards, and we should also thank them because they were with the federation not only in holding these classes but also in all matters this year.

The calendar for 1405 is almost clear:
The schedule of our international competitions for next year is almost clear and we are thinking about sending them. Regarding the domestic calendar for 1405, we should also announce it after a complete summary with the board of directors and the technical staff of the national teams.