A special ceremony will be held tomorrow at the National Olympic Committee of Iran to celebrate the birthdays of Olympic medalists born in September and October.
Iran NOC; Tehran: The event will also honor the memory of
the late Olympic champions Jafar Salmasi, Mahmoud Namjoo, Gholamreza Takhti,
and Abdollah Mojtabavi. Among the living medalists to be recognized are Seyed
Ali Akbar Heidari, Alireza Dabir, Hamid Sourian, Masoud Mostafa Jokar, Ehsan
Lashgari, Sadegh Goudarzi, Sohrab Moradi, and Javad Foroughi. The ceremony will
be attended by NOC officials, families of the medalists, federation presidents,
veterans, and sports administrators. Organized by the National Museum of Sport,
Olympic and Paralympic, the celebration was held in the Paralympic Hall at the
NOC headquarters.