The Karate Refereeing Upgrade Clinic was held in China from 31 August to 2 September, where 24 Iranian referees successfully achieved passing grades while an additional four referees renewed their licenses.
Iran NOC; Tehran: the list of Referees includes:
**Women: **
Fereshteh Mahmoudabadi (RA Kumite), Shahnaz Karimian (RA Kumite),
Nazfar Nikjou (RB Kumite), Fatemeh Shafiei (JA Kata & Kumite), Melika
Sadrian-Nik (JA Kumite), Marjaneh Parizad (JA Kata), Fatemeh Esmaeili (JA
Kata), Zeinatsadat Al-Hosseini (JA Kumite), Sara Rezaeian (JA Kumite), Samira
Ghavidel (JA Kata).
**Men: **
Mohammadreza Vazifeh (JA Kata & Kumite), Mohammad Hassan Hashemi
(JA Kata & Kumite), Heydar Eiboud (JA Kata & Kumite), Morteza Allameh
(RB Kumite), Hamidreza Kherqanian (JA Kumite), Javad Zavari (RB Kumite, JA
Kata), Saeed Kiyanifar (RA Kumite), Seyed Mohammad Zamani (RB Kumite, JA Kata),
Hossein Moghaddam (JA Kata & Kumite), Mohammad Qamoshi (JA Kata &
Kumite), Abed Alamdarezadeh (JA Kumite), Mohsen Bandiani (JA Kata), Hossein
Ahmadpour (JA Kata), Esmaeil Khalili (JA Kata).
**Renewals: **
Arezo Ramezani (Kumite), Bahman Dehestani (Kata & Kumite), Seyed
Ehsan Hosseini (Kata & Kumite), Abolfazl Jan-Ghorban (Kumite).
This achievement reflects Iran’s strengthened position in
international karate refereeing and its commitment to enhancing the quality of
technical officials for future continental and global events.