Gol Bezan

Pasha Hajian (@Pash021) – Student at University of Florida. A passionate supporter of Team Melli and Manchester United and most importantly for the beautiful game!

Amir Hashemi (@amirhashemi_)- Former Iran National Team & Esteghlal FC player - FIFA Instructor in education

Alireza Paykan (no twitter) – Office Manager In the Netherlands. Alireza, of Iranian origin, moved to the Netherlands when he was 8 years old and played in the youth of Persepolis FC in Iran and FC Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Afterwards he played in premier league of futsal while in the meantime graduating in Sports Management. He worked in the Royal Netherlands Football Association and in Esteghlal Tehran FC in Iran. Alireza speaks fluent Dutch, English, Persian and Turkish.

Mahan Sajadi (@caspianfootball)- A Recent Undergraduate from the University of Surrey with a passion for TeamMelli and Iranian Football

Sina Saemian (@Sinaa_sa) – Engineering student. Passion for Iranian football from Esteghlal to Team Melli and everything in between, avid follower of Persian Gulf cup and Middle Eastern football in general.

Other key panelists that couldn't be in this podcast:

Pezhman Pars (@Iranskfotboll) – writer of articles about Iranian football on svenskafans.com. Tweets and writes in Swedish.

Babak Golriz (@BabakGolriz) – Running “Not Just the Bottom Line” and occasionally guests writes on other publications and websites. His interests lay in European and Asian football. Fortunately (or not) he supports Blackburn Rovers.

Discussed about Iran's friendly vs Iraq. In addition, a preview of Iran vs Bahrain!!

The panelists have their fingers on the pulse of Iranian and world football and like to have an informal discussion sharing those views with the audience. If you would like to contribute they are happy to receive your interest via Twitter.

Below a short info on the participants and the podcast.

Pasha Hajian (@Pash021) – Student at University of Florida. A passionate supporter of Team Melli and Manchester United and most importantly for the beautiful game!

Alireza Paykan (No twitter) - Office Manager In the Netherlands

Alireza, of Iranian origin, moved to the Netherlands when he was 8 years old and played in the youth of Persepolis FC in Iran and FC Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Afterwards he played in premier league of futsal while in the meantime graduating in Sports Management. He worked in the Royal Netherlands Football Association and in Esteghlal Tehran FC in Iran. Alireza speaks fluent Dutch, English, Persian and Turkish.

Sina Saemian (@Sinaa_sa) – Engineering student. Passion for Iranian football from Esteghlal to Team Melli and everything in between, avid follower of Persian Gulf cup and Middle Eastern football in general.

Pezhman Pars (@Iranskfotboll) – writer of articles about Iranian football on svenskafans.com. Tweets and writes in Swedish.

Babak Golriz (@BabakGolriz) – Running “Not Just the Bottom Line” and occasionally guests writes on other publications and websites. His interests lay in European and Asian football. Fortunately (or not) he supports Blackburn Rovers.

Previewing Iran in the Asian up with Babak Golriz, Sina Saemian, Pasha Hajian and Pezhman Pars.

Twitter: @babakgolriz, @sinaa_sa, @pash021, @iranskfotboll

We have a special guest on our podcast,Tor Thodesen. An international experienced coach that gives us his insights from a foreign coach point of view in the Middle East. Previewing the Asian Cup games as well!

@Pasha021

@Babakgolriz

@sinaa_Sa

@Thodesentor

Our twitter accounts.

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@babakgolriz

@sinaa_Sa

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