In a letter to Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), Secretary General of the International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA) Stephan Fox has called on Iran to establish an independent federation for Muaythai to boost the sport in Iran.

Fox refers to newcomers to IFMA such as Pakistan, Afghanistan and Palestine that have already independent federation for Muaythai, urging the newly pointed president of Iranian Muaythai Javad Nasiri to promote his body to an independent federation to further boost the sport in Iran.

Muaythai is currently under the Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC).

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She added that the conference aims to discuss the latest scientific and research findings on women’s sports and address challenges and ways to further improve the field.

According to her, the conference will also tackle issues such as “culture of women’s sports society”, “women and sports for all”, and “women and international sports.”

She also noted that Iran will host the women’s sports commission meeting 2019 Asia, adding that they are now waiting for a response on the scheduled date for the event.

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