INTERNATIONAL KARATE ORGANIZATION KYOKUSHINKAIKAN IRAN

Shihan Mohsen Ashoori
President of the IKO 3 in Iran

Shihan Mohsen Ashoori and
 Kancho Yoshikazu Matsushima

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The Iran International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan (IKO 3), is officially affiliated with and sanctioned by the International Karate Organization (referred to as the IKO 3- Matsushima group). The Kyokushin Karate in Iran, is one of the largest organization in the world. Approximately 50,000 to 60,000. people train Kyokushin Karate in Iran. Iran has 28 provinces, and the IKO 3 is active in 150 cities. The IKO 3 in Iran has more than 7,500. Black Belts, and about 300 instructors.  

BLACK BELTS

6th dan
5th dan
4th dan
3rd dan
2nd dan
1st dan
1
8
28
490
2000
5000

 Below are the people in charge of the IKO 3 in Iran:

President of Iran and the Middle East:
Branch Chief : Shihan Mohsen Ashoori - 6th Dan
Phone : 0098-21-7553766 or 0098-21-2258119

 

Vice-Presidenyt :
Branch Chief : Shihan Daryoush Bagheri - 5th Dan
Phone : 0098-311-237406

 

International Relations Committee:
Branch chief : Shihan Afshin Tabatabaei - 5th Dan
Chairman of International Committee.
Phone : 0098-311-2203848 or 0098-311-2224570
Phone (Mobile) : 0098-911-3188539
E-mail : Dekits@chavoosh.com

 

Training Committee :
Branch chief : Shihan Seyed Morteza Khoshi - 5th Dan
Chairman of Iranian Kyokushin Training Committee
Phone - Fax : +98 21 6877001
Phone (Mobile) : +98 913 2148945
E-mail : smortezakhoshi@yahoo.com
Shihan Seyed Morteza Khoshi has written many books about Kyokushin Karate. You can find more information about those book on his website: www.iraniankyokushin.8m.com


Managing committee :

Shihan Mohsen Ashouri - 6th Dan
Shihan Darush Bagheri - 5th Dan, Branch chief
Shihan Afshin Tabatabaie - 5th Dan

Referee and Judge Committee :
Shihan Ali Akbar Ghasemi - 5th Dan
Branch chief and Chairman of Referees Committee.

Exam committee :
Shihan Ali Salman Ziaei - 5th Dan
Branch chief and Chairman of Exam Committee

Provinces Committee :
Shihan Darush Bagheri
Chairman of Provinces Committee.

Competition Committee :
Shihan Naser Esfahani
 

Competition Committee :
Shihan Naser Esfahani

National Team :
Shihan Mehrdad Soltani Zade
Instructor of the National Team.

Technical Committee :
Shihan Behrooz Shirzad
Chairman of Technical Committee.
Shihan Mohammad Roshanaei Branch chief and Member of Technical Committee.
Shihan Ali Reza Ahmadi Branch chief and Member of Technical Committee.

Executive assistant :
Shihan Hossen Latifi - 5th Dan

General relations :
Shihan Daryoush Bagheri - 5th Dan

WOMEN KYOKUSHINKAIKAN
IN IRAN


Women's Kyokushin Karate of Sadian

Sensei Farzaneh Hosseinkhan
President of Women's Kyokushinkai in Iran

Sensei Farzaneh Hosseinkhan
President of Women's Kyokushinkai in Iran

In Iran the women are very involved in Kyokushin and also they are very well organized.
Sensei Farzaneh Hosseinkhan, 3rd Dan, is IKO3 Branch Chief and the President of the Women's Kyokushinkai in Iran.

Iran has a population of more that sixty six million of people (66,128,965. As October, 2001). Below you will find the 28 provinces and their population for those who are interested.

Provinces Iranians Total Iranians + immigrants Provinces (ostanha, singular - ostan);  
East Azarbaijan 3,336,579 3,344,144

Azarbayjan-e Gharbi,

West Azarbaijan 2,556,966 2,585,071

Azarbayjan-e Sharqi

Ardebil 1,175,142 1,178,558

Ardabil

Isfahan 3,936,916 4,022,257

Esfahan

Ilam 500,813 507,809

Ilam

Bushehr 759,698 764,070

Bushehr

Tehran 10,495,817 10,820,451

Tehran

Chaharmahal 765,169 766,696

Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari

Khorasan 5,922,036 6,061,273

Khorasan

Khuzestan 3,932,954 3,998,563

Khuzestan

Zanjan 911,719 914,544

Zanjan

Semnan 508,874 519,593 Semnan
Sistan 1,695,237 1,840,821 Sistan va Baluchestan
Fars 3,875,522 3,930,209

Fars

Qazvin 980,241 992,600

Qazvin

Qom 817,473 894,020 Qom
Kurdestan 1,381,582 1,393,584 Kordestan
Kerman 2,011,076 2,063,024

Kerman

Kermanshah 1,828,735 1,844,200

Kermanshah

Kohkilouyeh 562,745 564,318

Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad

Golestan 1,451,304 1,472,441

Golestan

Gilan 2,252,906 2,256,964

Gilan

Lorestan 1,612,851 1,618,186 Lorestan,  
Mazandaran 2,644,468 2,652,579 Mazandaran
Markazi 1,226,443 1,247,480 Markazi
Hormozgan 1,102,415 1,121,802

Hormozgan

Hamedan 1,684,027 1,688,554

Hamadan

Yazd 721,821 775,624

Yazd

Total 64,671,529 66,128,965  

LANGUAGES:
The official language of Iran is "Modern Persian". An ancient literary language, Persian was written in the Pahlavi script before the Arab conquest in the 7th century. A new form written in the Arabic script developed during the 9th and 10th centuries; this is the basis of the Modern Persian language used today .

CURRENCY:
The official currency in Iran is the "Iran Rials" (IRR).
As February, 2003, 1.00  Iran Rial = 0.000574300 us dollars. or
1,741.25 Iran Rials = 1.00 us dollars.
 

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