The presence of Jordanian and Lebanese basketball teams in Tehran was ruled out

Massoud Amari In an interview with IRNA on Sunday, he said: “According to the plans, the Jordanian and Lebanese basketball teams were supposed to come to Tehran to hold friendly matches with them, but due to the presence of these two teams in the” Arab Cup “matches.” Their trip to Iran was canceled and we came to this conclusion to play with domestic teams so that there would be no problem in these special circumstances.

He stressed about the number of nationals infected with the corona virus and that the number is said to be increasing: on the first day, all nationals and technical staff were tested, except for Arsalan Kazemi, who was infected. He is in perfect health and there is still no new person in the national team camp. Sajjad Mashayekhi was in Isfahan and during the contact we had with him, he announced that he had symptoms that he tested and it turned out that he had taken a corona and that was why he was scheduled not to come to Tehran.

The head of the national basketball team of Iran also said about Behnam Yakhchali: Behnam was already infected and will not return to the national team training period, we are in contact with him and he is going to join us soon. If there is no problem, he will be in Tehran on February 17 to follow his training along with other national team players.

Amari reminded about the presence of Hamed Haddadi and other legionnaires of the national team: Among the players working outside Iran, there was the presence of Hamed Haddadi, who was canceled due to difficult quarantine conditions in China, because if he came to Tehran, he would have to return. He stays in this situation for a long time and we decided to serve his own club team in this window so that the situation does not become difficult.

He referred to the injury of Amir Hossein Azari and said: “His injury was from the wrist area and after talking to the doctor, it was decided that he did not attend the exercises so that his injury would not worsen.” But the other national team players are in good condition and have no problems and are training well.

Iran’s national basketball team is preparing to participate in the second qualifying round of the 2023 World Cup. Our national team will play in the second window of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers on Thursday, March 26, against Kazakhstan and on Sunday, March 29, against Syria. These competitions are hosted by Iran.