Mahdi Kamrani (born 1982 in Ray, Iran) is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Mahram Tehran in the Iranian Super League as well as for the Iranian national basketball team, as a guard.

Kamrani along his teammates has recently won the Asian championship title for the second time.
He loves basketball and has played it for 12 years. He began playing basketball at the age of eight. He played in his hometown amateur team and then joined his first club Electro.
He has had a brilliant performance in national teams -- two years in youth team two years in Olympic team and 8 years in adult team.
Kamrani claims that Iran’s level in basketball is behind Asia. He holds that in recent years Iran’s basketball has progressed notably. He believes that Iranian clubs are among best Asian teams.
He says that, “we have 12 powerful basketball clubs which play a major role in Asian basketball league. We have won the titles several times with different teams. Iran basketball league is even comparable to China league.”
Kamrani believes all of these achievements are due to caring efforts of Iran basketball federation. He asserts all positive and effective planning and decisions in a federation prove the presence of an efficient and expert management team.
He says, “it is exactly what has happened in Iran basketball federation. All team members look up to the president of the federation as a veteran basketball player.” The president has been once a member of the national team and is deeply familiar with all difficulties that the team faces.
He states if a group desires to be successful, all members of that team should cooperates harmoniously, “just like current Iran basketball federation. Mahdi believes that, “after the federation, clubs play the most important role.” He cites investment for the development of clubs, basic levels, and structures as underlying factors, which contributed to Iran basketball success and three successive years of championship by Iranian clubs in Asia.
Kamrani has a friendly and honest character and speaks plainly. His most ambitious desire is playing in NBA. He regards Hamed Hadai as an exception in Asian basketball. He is hopeful to gain satisfactory results in the next world cup with national team.
Kamrani is an agile and smart playmaker in the center of the court which directs the offensive momentum of the team and is the first one who shapes the defensive formation of the team. He is also famous for his three-point shots, passing precision and, intersections. He is a perseverant and conscientious player who wholeheartedly puts his best for the team.
He has had many coaches, however, he says that Mehran Shahintab and Saeed Armaghani had important roles in his success.
He believes that the recent Asian championship was held in the highest and hardest level so far. He opined, “teams performance has improved considerably comparing to previous tournomrnts. Arab teams used many American players who had played in NBA.”
Awards and honors
National team Asian Championship Gold medal, 2007, 2009 Asian Games Bronze medal, 2006
Club Asian Championship Gold medal, 2008, Saba Battery 2009, Mahram Iranian Basketball Super League Champions, 2004, Saba Battery, 2008, 2009, Mahra