Carlos Javier Weber and Igor Kolakovic have been nominated for taking charge of Iran volleyball team, according to local media reports.

The Iranian volleyball federation is going to negotiate with two coaches after failing to reach an agreement with Bulgarian coach Radostin Stoychev.

Italian coach Mauro Berruto also is among the candidates to take the helm of Iran.

Iran volleyball federation will not renew Raul Lozano’s contract.

Under tutelage of the Argentinean coach, Iran finished in fifth place in the 2016 Olympic Games.

Carlos Javier Weber is a former volleyball player from Argentina. With 613 caps for Argentina as a setter from 1985-2002, Weber took part in some of Argentina’s greatest results. He represented his native country at three Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul (1988). Weber won the bronze medal with the men's national team.

Weber was selected as Argentina coach in 2009 and immediately took the team to fifth place at the FIVB World League.

Kolakovic is a Montenegrin former volleyball coach.
He was the coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team and led the team at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship and 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.