53rd NOC General Assembly Holds

Iran NOC, Tehran: The General Assembly of the National Olympic Committee began with eight agendas, the most important of which were determining policies related to the Nagoya 2026 Asian Games and creating a suitable platform for athletes to obtain quotas for the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Mr. Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa, the President of the National Olympic Committee, highlighted that they wanted to remember the past by broadcasting a clip and said: "The wheel of sports is on the shoulders of those who are not seen. Like families, and the result of all this companionship creates national pride."

Dr. Seyed Manaf Hashemi, the Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee, continued: "God willing, after the presence of the new team in the National Olympic Committee, we continued the path of previous friends. In current year, we had an executive board meeting according to the approved plan. The executive board meeting was held every two weeks. Our main project in current year was the Hangzhou Asian Games, and then we prepared ourselves for the Paris Olympics. We had 50 meetings with the officials of the national federations. We also held meetings with the Ministry of Sports”.

Honoring veterans was part of National Olympic Committee’s assembly, which was held for the first time. In this section, Taghi Asgari, the silver medalist in diving at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, and Nasser Azimi, a football veteran, were honored. In the final section of the assembly, Sports Minister Ahmad Donyamali referred to the NOC’s action to a clip of the deceased and stated: "It is true that we are saddened, but it was a reminder not to let negligence and forgetfulness take hold of us. You are all aware of the events, the Tashkent Asian Youth Games will be held in the upcoming year in Bahrain. We support anyone who helps a discipline anywhere. Today's sports community has the capacity and ability to do outstanding work at the Los Angeles Olympics. We must feel responsible for athletes, they are the wealth of the country, we should not let them be easily lost. We will be particularly strict about doping, there are programs in the Sports Medicine”.