Esteemed IZSF EC Members & Respected IZSF Nation Members

Congratulations on our 19 th IZSF Anniversary! October 11, 2004, in this day
IZSF established in Tehran with the support of representatives from 22
countries to promote Zurkhaneh Sports on a global level. I appreciate your
hard work, dedication, and contributions to our IZSF Family. Thank you for
being an important part of our success. On this occasion, we celebrate all of
the great things you have accomplished and look forward to all that’s to come.
The world after pandemic coronavirus world will be very different from the
one we used to live in. And I hope that we all have learned from this crisis that
we need more solidarity, within societies and among societies. Only in this
joint effort we can overcome this crisis and prevent a new crisis.
In this year we achieved so many things in international activities such as
participation International Martial Contest 2023 “IMAC” and Zurkhaneh
Sports & Koshti Pahlavani achieved 5 th place among 70 organizations from 47
countries.
Simultaneously IZSF is an active member of World Martial Arts Union
“WoMAU”, UNESCO – Listed Martial Arts Promotion Committee “UMAPC”,
TAFISA, ICSSPE, ICTSG and African Union “AU”.
Congratulations on another year of growth, success, and achievement of IZSF.
I hope in this new era, your dedication and hard work have been a driving
force behind our success.
Once again wishing you a happy anniversary and all the best for the future
forthcoming IZSF activities. IZSF hope your exertion has been essential to our
continued success in forthcoming years.

Mohsen Mehralizadeh
IZSF President & Chairman of UMAPC