TASHKENT (IRNA) -- Jahangir Purhang, head of Masjed Soleiman's Naft, here Sunday named weightlifters, who represent Iran in the Asian club competitions.

He told IRNA Hossein Rezazadeh, Ali Qara-Daghi, Meysam Firuzi, Rahman Azizi, Ahad Sanjabi, Ehsan Dara-Beigi, Mahdiar Nassir-Shalal, Mehrzad Mahmedi, Pedram Parsi, Yassin Namdari, Hamid Armak, Mehdi Agah, Ayat Urameh, and Sohrab Moradi are the lifters, who consist the southern team, in the Kazakh capital.

Purhang added coaches Mohammad-Zaman Mahmedi and Shah-Karam Karamzadeh and technical manager Mehran Motlaq are accompanying the team.

The three-day Asian youth weightlifting event starts today and the three-day club tournament begins immediately after that.