According to IRNA, “Hadi Saei” Regarding the holding of an extraordinary assembly of the National Olympic Committee and the determination of the time for the elections, he said: “There were dates for the elections, and I myself said that the new time (September 26) is more expert.” It was not in the best interest of the sport to make changes within 20 days of a major event.
He added: “As the president of the federation and the person who is the deputy of this convoy, we checked that the changes are not really in the interest of the country’s sports, the federations present in the games of Islamic countries and athletes.”
Saei stated: The Asian Games have also been canceled and the teams that are in Islamic countries will come with the best lineup. This event is very important for us because we are one of the most powerful Islamic countries.
“The changes could have created inconsistencies,” he said. Salah Varzesh is 6 months behind and now, adding 20 days, nothing will happen.
Regarding the discussion of “Alireza Dabir”, who stated that some people only care about their own federation, Saei explained: “There are few federations in the executive board, and I also represent the athletes in the executive board.” Those who are no longer the president of the federation believe that the assembly should be held sooner so that they will not be attacked more. But for the sake of sports, we wanted elections to be held after the games of the Islamic countries.
Regarding his registration to run for the National Olympic Committee as vice-president or member of the executive board, he said: “Let’s see what happens by then.”