Farhadian: The approval of other federations has not come either/ Hashemi: Karate is valuable for us

According to the sports reporter of Fars news agency, Arash Farhadian stated after canceling the Karate Federation’s electoral assembly: holding the elections of the federations is based on the letter approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. According to the same constitution, we have taken the necessary measures to hold this assembly since 120 days ago. But in this constitution, no time has been set aside for verifying the qualifications of the candidates.

He added: “All efforts are being made to hold all the elections that we have announced on time.” It was the same with karate, and last night we were at the Ministry of Sports and Youth until 8:00 in the evening and we were in contact with our colleagues in the security of the Ministry of Sports to get answers from the candidates. Despite all our efforts, we could not receive the inquiry of karate candidates. Today’s delay was based on the same and we apologize to all the media and assembly members. We were even in contact with the monitoring centers until the last moment to even announce orally and hold the assembly, which was not possible.

Regarding the cancellation of Karate Federation elections, Farhadian said: According to the letter sent to us by the Ministry of Security and Sports Affairs today, the assembly should be canceled due to the fact that the qualifications of the candidates have not been confirmed. We must also respect the opinion of the regulatory bodies and the security center of the Ministry of Sports. I apologize to everyone once again.

He said about the new time of the Karate Federation assembly: Karate elections are scheduled to be held on March 22 in the afternoon and we will determine the status of the Karate Federation.

The head of the joint affairs office of the federations said: “All our efforts are for the elections of the federations to be held quickly. We are participating in the meeting of the headquarters of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, and they repeatedly ask the Ministry of Sports to determine the role of the federations.” Therefore, the Ministry of Sports is doing its best to organize the elections of the federations. We hope that we will not have the same problem for the elections of other federations that are scheduled to be held by the end of the year. Because until today, we have not received the inquiry of the supervisory body for other federations, but all our efforts are to hold the elections of the federations.

In response to the question that Poladeger stated that even if Karate’s approvals are not received by Monday, Farhadian said: Poladeger said this out of respect for the assembly. When it was decided that the assembly would not be held, but we requested the honorable deputy to come to the meeting and announce that it will be held on another date out of respect for the members of the assembly. If the friends send another letter, the assembly will not be held. Yes, it is true, but most likely, the friends will help to hold the elections.

Hashemi: Karate is valuable for us

According to Fars report, Seyyed Manaf Hashemi, Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee, said on the sidelines of the general election assembly of the Karate Federation: “We are not to blame, but I also apologize.” Iran’s sports is on the edge of the precipice and I have complaints about friends who do not confirm the qualifications in the stipulated time.

He further added: We have been trying day and night to hold it for a long time, but we were unable to do so. Karate is an Olympic discipline and has Olympic gold. This discipline is valuable for us, karate has its edges, but it is valuable for us.

Manaf Hashemi continued his speech and said: I ask Poladgar, the chairman of the assembly, to hold the assembly before 23 March, when the legal term of Seyyed Hasan Tabatabai’s presidency ends. We fully support the title of the National Olympic Committee.

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