TEHRAN Iran's national badminton team left here for the Bahraini capital city of Manama Sunday to take part in an international tournament.

Asian and European teams are to compete in the week-long "satellite" tennis tourney in Bahrain.

Iran comprises Arash Abdolmohammadian, Ali Shah-Hosseini, Afshin Bozorgzadeh, Gholamreza Baqeri, Jalal Eskandari and Omid Youssef-Kan'ani, said IRNA.

Chinese Coach, Lig Yu, and Iranian Coach and Head Sadeq Karbassi as well as Ahmad Azad-Pahlevan as a judge are accompanying the team.