TEHRAN--Iranian national team basketball player Samad Nikkhah-Bahrami has left Iran on Tuesday to participate in France’s Cholet training camp.

He has signed a one year contract for an undisclosed fee with the basketball team.
Nikkhah claimed the championship along with Iranian Mahram team last year. He was a member of Iran national team in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Cholet finished eighth in the France Pro A Basketball League last season