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Iran loses right to stage Asian Volleyball championship

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Iran’s hosting of Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship has been cancelled, the Iranian Volleyball Federation has acknowledged.

The prestigious men’s event will instead be held in Taipei in August, and the 1st Asian Men’s U23 Championship will be held Nay Pyi Taw city in Myanmar in May, the Asian Volleyball Federation has ruled.

An Iranian Volleyball Federation official told the state-run news agency ISNA that he did not know why the games had been axed and accused the head of AVC of ‘lacking firmness’.

Saeed Derakhshandeh added: “I do not know why they have taken back the hosting of these games and transferred to Myanmar. I think the head of AVC lacks firmness.”

Last month the International Federation of Volleyball (FIVB) sanctioned Iran from hosting international events for as long as women are not allowed to watch the games.

The announcement from FIVB came a week after a woman was jailed in Iran for trying to attend a volleyball match.