Iranian American Sport and Culture Association
| File:IASA - Iranian American Sport and Culture Association Logo.jpg | |
| Formation | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports & Cultural Non-Profit |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles |
| Location | |
Official language | English & Persian |
Founder(s) | Farhad Khorasani , Marco Khorasani |
| Website | IASA.org |
The Iranian American Sport and Culture Association (IASA) is a non-profit sports organization formed in Los Angeles in 2013.
Background[edit]
IASA was formed in 2013 in response to International Olympic Committee's proposal to drop wrestling from the games starting in 2020.[1]
IASA was founded to bring together the people of two communities of Iranians and Americans through sports, promote friendship, build mutual understanding, and to engage with the future US-Iranian sport exchanges events. IASA seeks to develop in members, the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty and respect for authority, and using sport as a tool to promote positive social change in the lives of young people and to prevent substance abuse and violence among youth. In addition, IASA strives to preserve, expand and advance interests of Iranian-American sports including: wrestling, Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals, Backgammon, Polo, etc. In addition, IASA supports women's sports, and promoting women's sports in underrepresented sports and communities. Finally IASA aims to supervise, sponsor and assist a disciplined and competitive sports academy and program of wrestling, pahalvani, and zoorkhaneh.[2]
Projects and Activities[edit]
IASA seeks to serve, promote, coordinate, and provide quality opportunities for Iranian and American communities to achieve their full human and athletic potential.[3] IASA, guided by sports diplomacy, has actively been part of the following events serving as a facilitator in US-Iranian sports exchanges, cooperating with USA Wrestling, Iran Wrestling, California Wrestling, USA Volleyball, Iran Volleyball and local and international athletic and media delegations[4] providing transportation,[5] interpretation, accommodation, distribution and sales of tickets in Los Angeles area in cooperation with World Cup/championships committees,[6] and publicity and news coverage in cooperation with other media outlets,[7][8] for both Team USA and Iran's actions:
- 2013 USA Wrestling "UNITED 4 WRESTLING" To Save Olympic Wrestling, Los Angeles, CA[9]
- 2014 FILA Wrestling World Cup, Los Angeles, CA.[10]
- 2014 USA Volleybal Tournament, Los Angeles, CA.
- 2015 UWW Wrestling World Cup, Los Angeles, CA.[11]
- 2015 Volleyball World League, Los Angeles, CA.
- 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships, Las Vegas, NV.[12]
- 2016 UWW Wrestling World Cup, Los Angeles, CA.[13][14][15][16][17]
- 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, Anaheim, CA.
References[edit]
- ↑ "IASA History, Mission & Vision". iasa. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
- ↑ "IASA Interview on sports diplomacy". www.parstimes.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ↑ "1531- Covering IASA public board meeting - Javanan Magazine". www.javanan.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ↑ Royal Time TV (2015-09-09), Live coverage - Freestyle wrestling Teams Arrival Ceremony at Los Angeles IASA, retrieved 2019-03-08
- ↑ Royal Time TV (2015-09-06), Live coverage - Greco-Roman Wrestling Teams Arrival Ceremony at LAX with IASA, retrieved 2019-03-08
- ↑ Royal Time TV (2016-05-30), Wrestling World Cup 2016 exclusive with IASA, retrieved 2019-03-08
- ↑ Royal Time TV (2016-06-11), Wrestling World Cup 2016 Opening with IASA, retrieved 2019-03-08
- ↑ IAWA (2016-05-31), Omid Iran TV 2016 Wrestling World Cup exclusive with IASA, retrieved 2019-03-08
- ↑ "2013 UNITED FOR WRESTLING, CA". iasa. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ↑ "2014 WORLD CUP FREESTYLE WRESTLING, CA". iasa. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ↑ "2015 WORLD CUP FREESTYLE WRESTLING, CA". iasa. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ↑ "2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING, NV". iasa. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ↑ "2016 World Cup FreeStyle Wrestling, CA". iasa. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ↑ IAWA (2016-06-07), گزارشی از ورود تیم ملی کشتی آزاد امریکا به لس آنجلس, retrieved 2019-03-08
- ↑ IAWA (2016-06-07), ورود تیم ملی کشتی آزاد امریکا به فرودگاه لس آنجلس با استقبال انجمن کشتی و پهلوانی ایران آمریکا, retrieved 2019-03-08
- ↑ IAWA (2016-06-09), کزارشی از تمرین های تیم ملی کشتی آزاد امریکا در لس آنجلس, retrieved 2019-03-08
- ↑ IAWA (2016-06-09), تمرین های تیم ملی کشتی آزاد امریکا در لس آنجلس, retrieved 2019-03-08
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