Iranian sports authorities cast their ballots

The Iranian Sports and Youth Minister, the head of the National Olympic Committee, and many other Iranian prominent sports people turned out to the elections of the parliament, Assembly of Experts on Friday.

Iranian sports authorities cast their ballots

MEHR: The Iranian Sports and Youth Minister, the head of the National Olympic Committee, and many other Iranian prominent sports people turned out to the elections of the parliament, Assembly of Experts on Friday.

Iranian athletes and sports figures turned out to vote in Parliament and Assembly of Experts elections in the polling station of the Shahid Shiroudi sports complex which was considered for them for the first time. 

They expressed their expectations from the future lawmakers of the Iranian parliament.

After casting their vote, the sports community expressed its demands to the future parliament members, all of which included "paying attention to the sports" and "increasing the budget for sports".Mehdi Taj, the head of the Iran Football Federation after casting his vote at the elections of the 12th round of the Iranian Parliament and the 6th round of the Assembly of Experts said that the sports community calls on the parliament to form a strong committee for sports in the parliament