Head of the Referees Committee at the Islamic Republic of Iran Karate Federation says eight Iranian referees will officiate at the Karate 1 - Premier League Paris 2018, which is scheduled to take place in France early next year.
Javad Salimi said on Saturday that the competitions will kick off on January 26 and will wrap up on January 28.
He added that he will join seven other referees, namely Reza Khademian, Jamshid Zand, Akbar Dehghan, Mohammad Mohammadkhani, Farshad Manafnejad, Hassan Kharaghani and Elmira Goulzadeh, who will represent the Islamic Republic of Iran during the high-status international event.