Mehdi Haji Musaei (weight -54 kg), Abolfazl Zandi (-58 kg), Mateen Rezaei (-63 kg), Mohammad Mehdi Emadi (-68 kg) and Erfan Bozorghi (-68 kg) are invited male players for Iran’s national taekwondo team.
Mirhashem Hosseini (74 - kg), Amir Mohammad Bakshi (- 80 kg), Mehran Barkhordari (- 80 kg), Arian Salimi (- 87 kg) and Abulfazl Abbasi (+ 87 kg) are also other sportsmen for the team.
The female squad features Yalda Valinejad (-67 kg), Melika Mirhosseini (-67 kg) and Zeinab Esmaili (-73 kg).
Bizhan Moghanlou and Mahrouz Saei will lead the men’s and women’s teams at the tournament.
Turkish Open Taekwondo Tournament is scheduled to be held in Ankara, Turkey on July 06-09, 2023.
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